It’s hard to put our finger on it, but there was something about our shoot with Kathryn Newton, the morning of the Dior show, that we knew would be one of those extra special ones (there’s something contagious about your first time at Paris Fashion Week that tends to have that effect). After being greeted at the door of her hotel suite by her mom (!), and catching sight of a rack of beautiful Dior gown after beautiful gown, that much was clear pretty much immediately.

If you don’t know Kathryn Newton yet, you should. At just 20 years old, she’s starring in HBO’s Big Little Lies along Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Kravitz and Nicole Kidman (ever heard of ‘em?), and has movies with Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson coming out soon, too. Dressed by Dior in a stunning ruby red gown with a black choker around her neck, Newton explained she chose the look because while it was new, it felt like “a classic Dior dress”. Having worked on her collection of pretty designer things since age 15, she would know. Other revelations from our A.M. hang? She’s practically a pro golfer, travels everywhere with her favorite pillow, loves a sheet mask on the plane, and has been on the receiving end of Witherspoon’s sage advice ever since their mother-daughter time on Big Little Lies. Told you she’s one to watch.