On Tuesday morning, Sara Haines began her first day as co-host of The View with a severe crick in her neck.

"I slept funny," she explains in a phone interview. "So, here I have this big day I've been waiting and preparing for...I thought, I hope they sit me somewhere I won't have to look to the left! "

She needn't have worried, though. Haines quickly hit her stride, launching the show's 20th season alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Paula Faris, Raven-Symoné, Candace Cameron Bure, Joy Behar and Jedediah Bila.

"I like being with a group," she says. "I've had the most fun when I'm with people, so to be at a table with four others every time I sit down, it feels like you're always eating with the cool kids."

Though she's appeared on the show before, Haines says that she's ready to challenge herself as she takes on the role in a more permanent capacity. One question she often asks herself is: "I always have opinions, that's not hard, but how do I communicate those clearly and concisely?"

But mostly, she's just excited to jump into the thick of it. "To have a job where it's my responsibility to be up to date and to watch things, it just makes me feel more educated. I'm using that part of my brain that I think sometimes, with digital technology, gets lazy. You do quick things, you do Instagram, you check things, but you don't often get into deeper, editorial conversations or things that make you question the world."

As she goes forward, Haines says she'll keep in mind some advice she once got from co-host Whoopi Goldberg: "Do you, because you're not going to do anything else well."

Click through to read her diary account of her first day on the job.

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Adam Brody would like to publicly apologize for his terrible fashion choices all throughout the early aughts.

On the Late Late Show, Brody told host James Corden that he made a few fashion missteps in his early days. "Everything pre-2010," the actor said about the sartorial decisions he regrets while looking very stylish in a slim gray suit.

As Marie Claire points out, this also means Brody is apologizing for everything he wore as Seth Cohen on The O.C., which ran from 2003-2007. It's a little sad to know he hated every one of the sweaters he wore over a button-down shirt, but many do agree that everyone on The O.C. had terrible style.

Though, Brody's biggest style faux pas comes from when he was just a kid rocking out to "Ice, Ice Baby" and watching The Lost Boys on VHS.

"When I was very young in the early '90s," Brody said. "I was very into, like, a combination of getting my style tips from Vanilla Ice and The Coreys."

To give fans a clearer picture of what a young Brody looked like from head to toe, he admitted that he was trying to copy Corey Feldman and Corey Haim's over-moussed look in 1989's Dream a Little Dream: "I had very crispy hair in elementary school."

While we'd love to see a photo of all of this right now, we all have looks from out past that we'd like to forget. So, like the Coreys, we'll just continue to dream a little dream about what a '90s Adam Brody could have possibly looked like.

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Pretty much any time a female celebrity steps out in public after having a baby, tabloid magazines will seize the photos and descend on them as fodder for analyses of the star's so-called "post-baby body." The accompanying headlines will be variations on "X Shows Off Post-Baby Body," even if "showing off" means merely going on a grocery run a few weeks after giving birth.

First of all, the fact that the term "post-baby body" even exists already speaks volumes about society's expectations for women's bodies. It's a term commonly used to celebrate women who have appeared to slim down after giving birth — and to shame those who haven't. More often than not, women are under intense scrutiny to watch their weight before, during, and after pregnancy. And if they're at the mercy of tabloid media, we can only imagine that that scrutiny is even worse.

But thankfully, some celebrities are not bowing to the pressure to "bounce back" after giving birth, and setting a good example for us all. Even if we recognize the ridiculousness of societal standards for women's bodies, it's nice to know that some awesome, high-profile ladies are standing up against the idea that weight loss should be a woman's first priority the second after she, y'know, gives birth to a child.

Ahead, we've rounded up 20 times our favorite celebrities got real about what having a "post-baby body" really means. Check it out and get inspired.

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It seems 2017 will be an epic year for Natalie Portman, not only does the actress have six — yes six — films set to be released next year, she also has another baby due.

After walking the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival and sparking rumors of a pregnancy, People confirms that the 35-year-old is indeed pregnant with baby number two.

Portman is expecting with her husband, French ballet dancer and choreographer, Benjamin Millepied. The couple welcomed their son Aleph Portman-Millepied on June 14, 2011. They have yet to confirm the sex of the future member of their family.

Portman attended the film festival for the premiere of her upcoming film, Planetarium, alongside Lily-Rose Depp. The movie centers around Portman and Depp who play sisters that are also mediums. In the period piece, the two are travelers from America in Europe and end up in a post-World War I Paris where they are chosen to star in a movie about, yes, psychics. How meta!

I wonder if any of her fictional psychic abilities assisted her predicting this baby number two?

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One in five Americans have been in a non-monogamous relationship at some point in their lives , past research suggests. And thanks to a new study, we might just know exactly who they are.

Apparently, if you were born between December 21 and January 19, you may be more likely to be in open relationships. In other words: Capricorns have been found to be the astrological sign with the highest likelihood of being polyamorous.

This astrological research comes to us from the folks at OpenMinded, a dating site for open relationships, which conducted a study that analyzed data on its 192,235 users based on birth date. Their findings? Of people using OpenMinded.com, 10% happened to be Capricorns.

And in case you're interested, the site ranked the astrological signs based on the total number of members under each sign. Here's what they found:

1. Capricorn

2. Taurus

3. Aquarius

4. Cancer

5. Gemini

6. Pisces

7. Aries

8. Leo

9. Virgo

10. Libra

11. Scorpio

12. Sagittarius

While Capricorns topped the list with 19,249 members, Sags ranked in at the bottom of the list, with 14,925 members. Perhaps most surprisingly, the notoriously sexual Scorpios took the second-to-last slot, with 15,198 members. Then again, being in touch with one's sexuality doesn't necessarily equate to being polyamorous.

It's important to note that the data is pulled from a relatively small sample size — after all, not everyone who's polyamorous or in an open relationship is a registered OpenMinded user. And of course, not every Capricorn you meet is going to be polyamorous. Still, it's a pretty interesting finding, and if you believe in astrology, you might even say that alternate relationship structures could be written in the stars. Just something to keep in mind the next time you're reading your monthly horoscope.

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Nafise Motlaq was living in Malaysia when she got the news that her father was ill.

“I heard from my family that my father is not in a good health situation,” she said via Skype. “I couldn’t be there in time. Unfortunately, he [fell into] a coma.” He recovered, but Motlaq said that she noticed a change in him. “His relationship towards his family was more tight,” she recalled. “I never had a problem with my father, but I never used to receive regular calls directly from Iran, from his phone, to ask me what I’m doing now, or what I had eaten for lunch or dinner,” she said.

“It was very touching for me, after over 30 years.”

While in Iran during her father's recovery, she started taking photos of her family at gatherings. She noticed that she kept capturing moments between fathers and daughters. “And then suddenly this idea came to my mind.”

She realized that no one had really explored the relationships between fathers and daughters. “They usually focus on mothers. Or even fathers and sons. Or mothers and daughters. But people were very interested,” Motlaq said. She wanted to show the diversity of families and relationships in her home country.

She said that even in her own extended family, experiences varied. “Some of them are very religious, some of them are not religious at all,” she said. “Some [have a] very modern lifestyle, some of them are very traditional. Some are very mixed,” she added, giving the example of a daughter who chose to cover her hair, while her mother did not.

Motlaq said that daily life in Iran was often overlooked in favor of political agendas. “The real picture of Iran is still not covered because of the political situation inside Iran and outside Iran,” she said. “Even talking about daily life is with a political lens.” When she moved abroad, people asked her what she calls “weird” questions about life in Iran — whether people go to university, or if women can drive. She decided she wanted to show the Iran that she knew, highlighting the father-daughter relationships that she rarely saw portrayed.

She began by photographing her own family, and then the project expanded. Some subjects she encountered at random, like the farmer and his daughter she saw while driving through the countryside; others, she actively sought out, like the twins she knew through her brother. She said people liked to be asked to represent their families and communities.

The most difficult ones to connect with, she said, were the religious men. “They're never approached by [nonreligious] people like me. They're only approached by very religious people or very political people.” She approached several clerics at a local shrine before she found someone who was willing to be photographed.

Ahead, 10 portraits of family in Iran.

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Update: Clinton continued to tell her story throughout multiple posts on the blog, sharing her thoughts on her public image.

This story was originally published at 2:30 p.m. on September 8, 2016.

As a former U.S. senator for New York and a current state resident, Hillary Clinton probably counts as a Human of New York, no matter where she may be living next year.

The popular photography blog — which chronicles New Yorkers who founder Brandon Stanton encounters on the street — featured the presidential candidate on Thursday, as she shared a formative experience from her college years.

In the anecdote, which never mentions Clinton's name or her status as a presidential candidate, she talked of being one of a very few women in a room full of men as she got ready to take a law school admissions exam.

“A group of men began to yell things like, ‘You don’t need to be here.’ And, ‘There’s plenty else you can do,’” she said. One of them even accused her of taking his spot in the class and leaving him open to being drafted and killed in the Vietnam War. “And they weren’t kidding around,” she added. “It got very personal.”

Clinton used the tale to illustrate how she came by her much-criticized reserve. “I know that I can be perceived as aloof or cold or unemotional. But I had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions. And that’s a hard path to walk,” she said.

She is often seen as cold or unlikeable, though her intimates and many who have worked closely with her say that’s not the case.

Clinton addressed her chilly image in her acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination, saying that “the service part [of public service] has always come easier to me than the public part.”

“I don’t view myself as cold or unemotional,” she said to HONY. “But if that sometimes is the perception I create, then I can’t blame people for thinking that.”

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Rihanna just gave us a peek at what brunch looks like at her house, and it's actual real-life #brunchgoals.

Seemingly entertaining a group of equally cool and gorgeous friends, we see a delicious spread of egg whites, bacon, and plantains. A friend says, "So babe made breakfast for the crew, she killed it." She then pans to show Rihanna putting toast on the griddle.

Then, Rihanna needs butter for her toast and is searching for it, because Rihanna is all of us cooking for her friends. Does she find it?

While searching for the butter, Rihanna opens her fridge and allows us a peek inside — and we now need a dedicated drinks shelf in our lives. Seriously, the whole top shelf is filled with rosé, including at least three bottles of Miraval Côtes de Provence (a.k.a. the really good rosé from the Brad and Angelina's vineyard).

The squad is gathered and start serving themselves brunch. Rihanna is making mimosas, the Veuve is flowing and our weekend is looking a little sad in comparison as we eye the takeout bagel on our counter.

Send an invite next time, Rihanna, we'll make baked French toast. You can keep pouring those mimosas.

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Transgender actress Alexis Arquette died Sunday morning at age 47, surrounded by family, Variety confirms. Her brother, Richmond Arquette, revealed her passing in a Facebook post. She was 47. Alexis was one in a family of actors which included Patricia Arquette, David Arquette, and Rosanna Arquette.

Alexis was born Robert Arquette and was known for her role as a Boy George impersonator in The Wedding Singer, as well as roles in Last Exit to Brooklyn, Pulp Fiction, and Bride of Chucky. She was comfortable enough in her own skin to play male and female roles. She documented her transition in the 2007 documentary Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother.

“Our brother Robert, who became our brother Alexis, who became our sister Alexis, who became our brother Alexis, passed this morning September 11, at 12:32 a.m.,” Richmond wrote. “He was surrounded by all of his brothers and sisters, one of his nieces, and several other loved ones. We were playing music for him and he passed during David Bowie’s 'Starman.' As per his wishes, we cheered at the moment that he transitioned to another dimension.”

Patricia shared the following tweet early Sunday morning:

Breaking through the veil singing StarMan https://t.co/A3way5S3Lb

— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) September 11, 2016

"I am feeling immense gratitude to have been afforded the luxury of sharing life with him/her, for learning from Alexis, for being given the gift of being able to love him/her and to be loved by him/her. He was a force," Richmond also wrote, eulogizing Alexis.

"He died as he lived, on his own terms. I am immensely grateful that it was fast and painless," Richmond continued. "It was an incredibly moving experience and I am humbled and grateful to have been able to have been with him as he began his journey onward. Thank you, Alexis, I love you and will love you always."

A cause of death is not known at this time. Refinery29 have reached out to Arquette's representatives.

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Gigi Hadid and Karlie Kloss are trying to save the elephants by tying a few knots.

The two models have been posting photos of themselves doing just that for the Elephant Crisis Fund's #KnotOnMyPlanet campaign, which hopes to shine a light on the elephant poaching crisis.

"30K elephants killed a year? #knotonmyplanet" Hadid captioned a clip of her tying a large knot. "Tie a knot. Donate. End the Slaughter."

30K elephants killed a year? #knotonmyplanet
Tie a knot. Donate. End the Slaughter. https://t.co/HRYN4DTWit 🐘💙 pic.twitter.com/RJweYmAdD1

— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) September 9, 2016

30,000 elephants a year? #knotonmyplanet 🐘 Tie a knot. Donate. https://t.co/idfMTQe9WN pic.twitter.com/Q2yUv9zxUS

— Karlie Kloss (@karliekloss) September 9, 2016

Kloss repeated Hadid's message, posting a photo of herself tying a multicolored scarf around her neck in hopes you'll do the same.

Model Doutzen Kroes, #KnotOnMyPlanet spokesperson, explained in a clip on Twitter: "We've had enough of elephants being slaughtered just for their tusks...we're tying knots so we won't forget elephants."

#KnotOnMyPlanet launches today! Go to https://t.co/GmubKgRN73 RIGHT NOW to donate & save the elephants! pic.twitter.com/PPrKKxqhKA

— Doutzen Kroes (@Doutzen) September 9, 2016

The campaign, which launched during New York Fashion Week, is looking to raise $15 million, 100% of which will go to organizations focused on saving elephants right now.

According to the Elephant Crisis Fund, an elephant is killed for its tusks every 15 minutes, but a $50 donation is enough fill a patrol car for an hour.

Hadid and Kloss aren't the only models trying to save the elephants. '90s supermodels Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Linda Evangelista reunited to show their love for elephants with a big bow.

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Regardless of how people feel about the missing headphone jack, there is one feature of the new iPhone 7 we can all agree upon: the new "high gloss" jet-black case sure is attractive.

"The high-gloss jet black finish was achieved through a new feat of design engineering — a remarkably precise, nine-step process of anodization and polishing," reads the description on Apple. "The end result is so purely and continuously black, you can’t tell where the aluminum ends and the glass begins. The dark side, indeed."

But a writer at The Verge read the footnote to that high-tech description and points out an interesting caveat.

"The high-gloss finish of the jet black iPhone 7 is achieved through a precision nine-step anodization and polishing process," says the fine print. "Its surface is equally as hard as other anodized Apple products; however, its high shine may show fine micro-abrasions with use. If you are concerned about this, we suggest you use one of the many cases available to protect your iPhone."

Oops! Apple made a really pretty phone, but you have to cover it up to keep it that way. Truth be told, many of us are so paranoid about breaking our phones that we're hard-pressed to remember what color they are under our cases. The iPhone 7 is supposed to be water-resistant — and it did just get cheaper to replace broken screens — but who really wants to take the risk with a device this expensive and indispensable? At least there are some reasonable transparent cases on the market.

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This real-life Fault In Our Stars couple is fighting to keep their love alive in their final days together after a diagnosis turned them into star-crossed lovers.

Katie and Dalton Prager both have cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that causes a thick mucus to build up in your lungs, making it hard to breathe.

According to CNN, the two met through Facebook when they were just 18. Though Katie didn't know Dalton, she sent him a message letting him know she understood his pain and was there if he needed to talk.

Two years later, the Katie and Dalton were married and ready to travel to all 50 states together. Their plan was to write about their journey after each received a life-saving lung transplant, but Katie's transplant didn't take.

The 26-year-old was put in hospice last week in Kentucky and was told by doctors that there is nothing left they can do. After being in and out of the hospital for the past year, Katie told CNN, "My body is just so tired," but in her final days she would like to spend that time with her husband.

Unfortunately, this isn't an easy request. Dalton is currently fighting his own battle. After his transplant, he contracted lymphoma and is being treated for pneumonia in a St. Louis hospital near his parents' home. Once he is out of the hospital, he is planning to travel to Kentucky to be with Katie.

The couple's love story has never been an easy one. When they first wanted to meet in-person, doctors warned against it, worrying they could contract an infection. But Katie didn't care.

"I told Dalton I'd rather be happy — like really, really happy — for five years of my life and die sooner than be mediocre happy and live for 20 years," Katie told CNN. "That was definitely something I had to think about, but when you have those feelings, you just know."

Katie did contract an infection from meeting Dalton, though she said she never regretted it. "I don't look back because I can't really change the past," she said. "I've had this time with Dalton and so I might as well keep looking forward."

Katie continues to look forward, hoping she will get more time with her husband before it's too late.

"If we only get to spend a day and a night together," Katie said. "We'll be happy with that."

While Green made it clear in The Fault In Our Stars that “the world is not a wish-granting factory," hopefully, this time, it can grant just this one.

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In what might be the most selfless act we've ever heard, a 19-year-old Detroit woman won a year of free pizza — and gave it away.

Hannah Spooner was thrilled to find out she and her boyfriend, Pete Kadry, won a year of free pizza — $500 worth — after entering a raffle at pizza chain Little Caesars. Who wouldn't be?

But because Spooner is a person we should all aspire to be, she and Kadry donated the pies to Covenant House, a nonprofit that offers shelter, classes, vocational programs, and three square meals a day to homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth.

"I just know there are other people out there who have nothing," she told Fox News Detroit. "And I don't think I should be eating a year's worth of free pizza when there are people who go hungry at night."

Covenant House expressed gratitude for the couple's generosity.

"I look at young people and they believe it's very important to give back to the community," one of Covenant House's administrators told the local news station. "But I don't know if they would give pizza back. This was wonderful to find out that someone cared enough about these young people here at Covenant House to provide this pizza for them."

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'I pray y'all find someone to hold you down like this woman right here' Drake To Rihanna sooo sweet man #AUBRIH ❤️ #Goals GOOSEBUMPS

A video posted by Robyn follows• (@sade_s2_riri) on Sep 11, 2016 at 12:47am PDT

This guy.

Last night, brunch queen Rihanna joined Drake for the final night of his three-concert stint at L.A.'s Staples Center, giving fans another tease into their relationship. The two performed their collaboration, "Work," before RiRi took over with a rendition of "Bitch Better Have My Money."

Drake, who just purchased a second L.A. home, told the crowd after their surprise duet that, "I pray that you find somebody that holds you down like this woman right here," and called his love, "incredible, beautiful, [and] talented."

We love us some @Drake & @rihanna! #SummerSixteenTour pic.twitter.com/dNBdgYPFFL

— STAPLES Center (@STAPLESCenter) September 11, 2016

Drake and Rihanna have been teasing fans with their undeniable chemistry for what seems like forever. After Drake's impassioned VMA speech about Rihanna, it seems obvious there is a deep connection between the two — and they're becoming less shy about it.

Rihanna's been popping up at Drake's concerts and actually kissed him in public onstage in Miami. Two weeks back, she dropped the "L word" in an Instagram post thanking him for his VMA speech, and there's those casual matching tattoos. It looks like our fervent shipping is finally paying off.

We're just going to leave this here, summing up all of our feelings about Drake and Rihanna.

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You know this meme. You might feel closer to it than any other meme that's ever memed. It's at once an admission that things are close to ruin all around you and a total denial that it's going to take you down. "This is fine" is acknowledging that things are falling apart, but goddammit, you're going to make it work.

Enter: Fashion's new love affair with gossamer straps, flimsy fabrics, and precarious cuts and necklines that require a prayer (along with some Topstick) to stay in place. Designer Jonathan Saunders, the newly appointed creative director at Diane von Furstenberg, has been known to favor otherwise practical clothes with a few elements of danger to make things interesting; long sleeves that might drag in your spaghetti, neck ties that'll trail on the street, and ballooning pants that require you to scoop up the extra fabric in order to climb up subway steps.

For his first collection for DVF, he took the iconic wrap dress and loosened up the straps, creating dresses that seem to be barely held together. Thin straps riskily perch on clavicles, pulled-down wrap-fronts cling to shoulders, and the deep V of a neckline threatens to #freethenipple with a light breeze. But it's attractive stuff: you can't help but feel drawn to the danger. For those among us who might want to ensure that things actually will be fine, we recommend wearing a pretty bralette with yours.

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Welcome toMoney Diaries , where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking millennial women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last dollar. (Thanks,New York mag , for the inspiration.)

Today, a fashion journalist in a post-breakup apartment, planning for a weekend away with a new beau.

Industry: Fashion Journalist

Age: 25

Location: Live in Bedford-Stuyvesant, work in Manhattan

Salary: $31,300 before taxes

Paycheck Amount (Every 2 Weeks): $1,013 after taxes

# of roommates: 3

Monthly Expenses

Rent: $825

Loan Payments: $100

Utilities: $100

Transportation: $116.50 unlimited monthly Metrocard

Phone Bill: $0 (I’m on my grandparents’ plan.)

Health Insurance: $0 (I’m on my parents’ plan.)

Netflix: $8.99

Day One

1 p.m. — Normally I try to pack a lunch for work, but because I’m in between apartments right now with most of my dishes still packed away, I get an over-priced salad near my office. $10.55

4 p.m. — I recently broke up with my boyfriend and moved out of our apartment in Astoria into a new place with friends in Bed-Stuy. Today I filled out a change of address form online so I don’t have to keep stopping by my old place to get my mail. $1

8 p.m. — After work, I head to the apartment of a new guy I’ve been hanging out with, and he orders pizza for us.

Daily Total: $19.45

Day Two

10 a.m. — Already struggling to stay awake at my desk, I decide a coffee is a must and run up to our building’s cafeteria. $1.30

1 p.m. — I neglected to pack myself a lunch again, so I visit the cafeteria again and get a salad and side of green beans. The food in our cafeteria is pretty bland, but it’s cheaper than what I’d get at a restaurant nearby. $7.50

6 p.m. — After work, I run to Walgreens to get a hair dryer to leave at my new guy’s apartment for when I spend the night, and also some laundry detergent because I’ve run out of clean clothes. $40.25

6:15 p.m. — I take a cab from my guy’s place to my apartment in Brooklyn, because I had several bags of clothes and miscellaneous stuff with me that I deemed too heavy to carry on the subway. I hate taking cabs when I’m not too drunk for the subway, but I decide I can make an exception this time. $27.53

7:15 p.m. — Finally, I’m doing laundry after about a month-and-a-half of living out of a book bag after breaking up with my boyfriend and couch-surfing my way through the city. $10

7:30 p.m. — I get some groceries so I can start packing my lunch again and hopefully save some money. I hate cooking, so I keep it simple with items like hummus, carrots, cheese, and crackers. $19.95

7:45 p.m. — The first official night in my new apartment with my roommates calls for some celebratory wine, so I pick up a cheap bottle of rosé at the liquor store down the block. $10

8:30 p.m. — Too tired and hot to cook dinner (we have no AC and only one fan in our apartment), my roommates and I order Mexican food, which one roommate buys and I later Venmo her for. $15

Daily Total: $131.53

Day Three

1 p.m. — For lunch, I have some hummus and carrots that I brought from home.

2 p.m. — I didn’t sleep much last night, because it was insanely hot in my bedroom, so I get a coffee to keep me from passing out at my desk. $3

6:30 p.m. — I’m unpacking with one of my roommates at my new place tonight, so I grab two bottles of wine to help us complete our boring task. $20

8:30 p.m. — Thankfully, the burrito I ordered last night was huge, so I have leftovers for dinner.

Daily Total: $23

Day Four

11 p.m. — I’m hanging out at my new guy’s apartment, and all the restaurants near his apartment are starting to close, so we make some popcorn for dinner and mix up some drinks to sip on before we head out for the night.

2 a.m. — We finally make it out to the bar and enjoy a few rounds. My man picks up the tab.

Daily Total: $6.60

Day Five

4:30 p.m. — We decide to day drink and head to the Standard. I order us a round and am reminded of how expensive this place can be. $35

5:30 p.m. — Next, we stop by the Brass Monkey for a few more drinks. My roommate starts a tab, and I Venmo her for my half. Later, the new guy I’m seeing shows up and buys the remainder of our drinks. $18.50

1 a.m. — After drinking all day and letting my new guy pay, I ask him to let me pick up the last tab and he agrees. $60.97

1:30 a.m. — We hop in a cab back to my guy’s apartment, and he pays.

Daily Total: $145

Day Six

7 p.m. — I head back to Brooklyn and get a few more groceries so I can start bringing breakfast to work again. I realize I’ve eaten way too many bagels in one week and need to get back into my oatmeal routine for the sake of my wallet. $16.74

Daily Total: $16.74

Day Seven

2 p.m. — I have some hummus and carrots for lunch that I brought from home.

6 p.m. — Even though I work in fashion, I rarely ever shop for clothes. But this weekend, the guy I recently started dating is taking me on a trip for my birthday, and I want to get a few new outfits so I look good. I head to Soho and do some damage, buying several tank tops, a romper, two bralettes and a pair of overalls. I tell myself it’s okay to spend some money because it’s almost my birthday, and I really, really like this new guy. $206.55

9 p.m. — After my shopping spree, I decide there’s no way I can justify ordering takeout, and I have some crackers and cheese at home.

Daily Total: $207.85

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When said out loud, "Fashion Week" has a double meaning — and for anyone who's ever been a part of all the action, feeling weak is not only par for the course, it's often the reason we love fashion to begin with. So, in honor of the moments of chaos, beauty, and excitement that made us feel weak, we present My Fashion Week-ness : a compilation of accounts from some of the industry's biggest players. They're spilling their most memorable stories from Fashion Weeks gone by, and the ones that keep them coming back for more.

Despite how fun it looks, Fashion Week is long. With more than 15 shows (and their after-parties) per day, it's a lot to keep up with — and distill into what's happening next season. Without Fashion Month, how would we know what to say when you ask us, "What are the colors for fall?"

All complaints aside, Fashion Week is an important moment for designers to showcase their talents and remind us why we love (and buy) them. But the politics of that special 10-to-15 minutes can get a little...sticky. When you're an editor, it's impossible to get to every show you need to attend — it would require more than 24 hours in a day. But designer Christian Siriano has a message for those no-shows: Ghosting in the fashion world is a pretty serious faux pas.

"We [once] had seven girls pulled from a show, four major editors, and our major retailers [not] show up. All of the above didn’t come to the show. It was during the huge, crazy snowstorm [a few years ago in February], so it was for a reason. But when you’re spending the money that a show costs and then those people don't come, why put on a show? What’s the point? That's the frustrating thing with Fashion Week — for all designers and for myself.

"It all happened at the same time: All the girls didn’t show up. Then, my sales director was like, 'Okay, well, Neimans isn’t coming. They just canceled.’ Then, my PR team said, ‘These [editors] aren’t coming.’ They don’t even tell me anymore [who came and who didn't]. I don’t even want to know.

"That’s when you get really down on yourself and you feel like your work isn’t good, because people don’t want to see it. That’s what a show is: If people don’t show up, you have to take it a little bit personally. People [tell me], ‘Don’t take it personally. They’re busy.’ But this is what I do. You’re putting on this show for people to see it. It’s the same thing if you’re an artist and nobody comes to your opening — then no one sees your work. A lot of people don't get that when they RSVP and want to come, but then don't [show]. There's one editor that keeps doing that every single season — I won't tell you who it is, but it’s annoying. Just come: It’s 10 minutes. I know Fashion Week is crazy and it’s so busy, but if you don’t get to see it in the story that we’re trying to tell, then it’s not the same, I don’t think. It just isn't.

"At that show, or maybe even the show before that, I was like, ‘You know what? It isn’t as important anymore, because it didn't affect things as I thought it would.’ I thought it would be, Oh my god, we'll have no sales, no one's going to wear the clothes. It’s over. But it isn’t that, luckily.

"I changed my vision fully. Now, we invite people and if they come, great — if they don’t show up, it’s annoying, but it's not the end-all and be-all."

Here's what else he's learned: "Now, [when I put on a show], I think of it as a way bigger picture, that it’s going to be historical for me, for my brand, and for my world. I don’t even think about it in the moment — I want to remember to look back in 20 years that that was an amazing collection, a great show, and a great moment. That’s so much more exciting. I have a book coming out soon that will be archival pieces from all these different collections. It’s a whole thing — and I would never get that if I didn't have all these great collections inspired by all these different things. If every collection looks the same, white blouses down the runway, who wants to see that? Now, it's my own thing.

"I will say: It's interesting that the CFDA is now talking about this, but we have a ton of customers that come to my shows. I invite my best clients, I invite friends of clients. We fill a lot of my show now with women who want to buy the clothes and with licensing companies that want to do deals with me. Half my show is that. Let me tell you, if they want to place an order for 10 million units of something, I’m going to invite them to my show.

"That's my new thing: It doesn't have to always be the ‘coolest industry people in the world’ anymore. [We've been inviting customers since] day one, but now more than ever. And that’s what’s so interesting, because now the thing [is to invite consumers.] We have women that buy the whole collection just because they feel like they’re a part of it. Their orders are bigger than a store, so why not? I think that any designer that isn't interested in that is a problem. You need your customers to be on board with you, because then if you have a season where maybe they don't love everything, they’re still with you — whereas editors aren't. If [editors] don't love it, they're not with you anymore. They're like, ‘Okay, we're not really covering it this season.’"

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At the brand's spring/summer 2017 show, designer Han Chong (who dreamed up those lace dresses you've been seeing everywhere), presented some innovative new takes on the off-the-shoulder top that are bound to become as popular as the OG version.

Next spring, there's an option for everyone, whether you're on the modest side and trying to not show too much skin or you prefer something slightly more sporty. This isn't a replacement for the off-the-shoulder top, it's an evolution. The different shapes and cuts ahead show that there's an entirely new wave of pieces headed our way.

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This season, however, we're finally starting to see a shift. In the Vetements-era of streetwear and oversized everything, the rebirth of nostalgic brands like Juicy Couture and Champion, and graphic T-shirts that look like they were bought at a gift shop, a different aesthetic is making its way into street style — and it's a lot more, dare we say, chill.

Want to pair that A-line skirt with a thrifted tee? Go for it. Planning on ditching your heels for sneakers all week? By all means. Not only are the vibes way more laid-back, but it means that the outfits we're seeing are casual, practical, and, most importantly, easy to emulate. Has the era of peacocking officially passed?

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Rebecca Minkoff was one of the early adopters — and most vocal supporters — of the shift toward a "see now, but now" fashion calendar. She's long spoken about feeling at odds with the industry, just for daring to engage with digital influencers and her customers early on. That connection has been one of her main arguments in favor of the whole schedule switch-up, so it wasn't entirely surprising when she brought it into the fold for her first fully in-season runway.

Among the cool-yet-relatively-relatable models at yesterday's sidewalk catwalk, the designer invited bloggers and influencers Arielle Charnas, Chriselle Lim, Gala Gonzalez, Shea Marie, and Caroline Vreeland to walk in her fall '16 show. The "runway to retail"-themed event, which was open to consumers and editors alike, took place outdoors, in front of Minkoff's Soho boutique. The idea was to ground the collection both in the city backdrop (New York being a constant source of inspiration in her design process) as well as in a context where potential customers can see themselves in the clothes that would be shoppable immediately afterward. (Once Minkoff took her final bow, showgoers and passersby were invited into the store to see and buy fall '16 pieces immediately.)

"When we decided to take our show to the streets, we wanted to include girls that our consumers know as fearless, liberated, innovative and stylish," Minkoff explained to Refinery29 in an e-mail. "They’re their own champions and with the street concept it felt important to add the realistic element of who the quintessential Minkoff girl is. Arielle, Chriselle, Gala, Caroline and Shea completely embody those qualities — they break the rules and re-write them."

Bloggers have become front-row fixtures over the past decade — but seeing one of them actually walk the runway is still a pretty rare, mostly unheard of, occurrence. "Our goal was really to strip away the stigma of the industry and give our consumers the ability to come and watch in person or see it live in VR 360," Minkoff said in a statement. Inviting "real girl" models feeds into this idea, as these digital influencers have proven the ability to move designer product by situating it in everyday settings and styling. The fact that the bloggers cast in Minkoff's show all have massive followings doesn't hurt, either.

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