Every year since 1984, tire manufacturer Pirelli has graced the world with a calendar featuring the year's top models in exotic tableaux.

This year, black excellence and beauty are reigning supreme with Pirelli's first all black calendar.

The 45th edition of the calendar features a gorgeous spectrum of black talent.

All sorts of artists are represented, from models to music mogul Diddy to rapper Lil Yatchy to activist Adwoa Aboah!

And of course, actress and supermodels make appearances as well. Naomi Campbell, Duckie Thot, Whoopi Goldberg, RuPaul, Lupita Nyong'o and many others stun all over the twelve months of the year!

Often, Pirelli calendars have some sort of theme; sometimes it's loose. Other times, like this year, it's strong: the creative team decided that this year, they'd make a calendar inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

According to Pirelli, the shoot's creative team, led by stylist (and British Vogue's editor-in-chief) Edward Enninful and photographer Tim Walker endeavored to have their shots mimic the story's original illustrations by John Tenniel.

The calendar will not be released until November. However, Billboard has drawn back the velvet curtain and granted us a glimpse into the shoot (with behind-the-scenes photography by Alessandro Scotti), and it is giving us life in the meantime.

Walker explained to the Guardian why casting an all-black ensemble appealed to him when visualizing the masterpiece.

“It’s never been done before. Alice has never been told like this," he said.

“Any person with a different color should be able to see themselves in any way. So any girl, whether she is black or Chinese or Indian, they should be able to have their own fairytale," Walker told South African Thando Hopa, who plays the Princess of Hearts.

“This is an important step in culture development – to push images that aren’t generic, that don’t conform to stereotypes,” Hopa said.

And we couldn't agree more.

Take a trip down the rabbit hole and stumble into a wonderland of black allure with us with even more behind the scenes photos:

So who's playing who? Well, here's the full breakdown:

Adut Akech as The Queen of Diamonds
Adwoa Aboah as Tweedledee
Alpha Dia as The 5 of Hearts
Djimon Hounsou as The King of Hearts
Duckie Thot as Alice
King Owusu as Tweedledum, 2 of Hearts Playing Card Gardner
Lil Yachty as The Queen's Guard

Lupita Nyong’o as The Dormouse
Naomi Campbell as The Royal Beheader
RuPaul, American as The Queen of Hearts
Sasha Lane as The Mad March Hare

Sean “Diddy” Combs as The Royal Beheader
Slick Woods as The Mad Hatter
Thando Hopa as The Princess of Hearts
Wilson Oryema as The 7 of Hearts
Whoopi Goldberg as The Royal Duchess
Zoe Bedeaux as The Caterpillar 

Shimmered in jewels, blessed with melanin and crowns adorned upon their heads, this cast could make even real royal dynasties look second-class!