The 65th Cannes Film Festival kicks off May 16, and with late Hollywood beauty Marilyn Monroe as the event’s official icon, fashionistas can expect to see an array of A-list actresses echoing her old school glamour on the red carpet. See how you too can get the look.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A sweeping new Moscow fashion exhibit illustrates the evolution of Soviet couture behind the Iron Curtain from the post World War One era to Perestroika. “Fashion behind the Iron Curtain” at the 16th-century Tsaritsyno estate on Moscow’s outskirts spans seven decades of female coquetry, describing how Soviet women made do with silk night gowns for theatre, acquired designer items and scrounged for fabric to satisfy a hunger for style in spite of shortages. The retrospective offers glimpses of the sophisticated, Western-inspired dress of the Communist-era elite. …

Fashionistas have been on a quest for the ultimate in festival chic, with round sunglasses by labels including The Row and Dries Van Noten among the most viewed items on online style sharing community Polyvore during the past month.

Rizzoli Editions presents Stars in Dior, a coffee table book that features the most iconic actresses from the world in outfits by the couturier. The book is a collection of  250 images –  extracts from movie scenes, photos from the shoots as well as official photos — with commentary by journalist Jérôme Hanover.

Glittering atop a succession of royal crowns, the 35-carat “Beau Sancy” diamond has been witness to 400 years of European history.

A mere four years since its launch, the annual Fashion’s Night Out has announced further expansion for 2012, with all of the 19 territories that publish Vogue hosting the stylish shopping soiree.

Marie Antoinette is continuing to prove a source of fashion inspiration this season, with Australian actress Mia Wasikowska doing her best impression of the famed French queen in the latest Miu Miu video campaign.

As the US prepares for Mother’s Day on May 13, a new digital platform for yummy mommies across the globe looking to share style tips launched May 9.

Following an announcement earlier this week that the Schiaparelli fashion house will reopen, fashionistas have begun to offer their opinions on who should be the new creative director — with disgraced designer John Galliano one of the most talked about.

She’s come a long way from her reality star days and now celebrity designer Nicole Richie is following in the footsteps of big name designers such as Giambattista Valli and Karl Lagerfeld by designing a range for US department store Macy’s.