Nobody knows how to party quite like Rihanna (sorry, Miley). 

The 27-year-old singer was spotted living it up at carnival in her native Barbados, and as you might have expected, she went full out with her costume. In a series of Instagram photos shared on her page, RiRi is seen sporting a tiny bedazzled bra and matching bikini bottoms along with a massive feathered headdress and a huge pair of wings. She basically looked like a beautiful peacock angel goddess. 

She even had a rhinestone covered cup chalice for all her drinking needs. That is hardcore. 

The "Stay" singer was joined by a bunch of friends, all of whom also pulled out their sparkliest and feathery-est ensembles for the occasion. 

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Eighteen-year-old Erica Jean Schenk took the modeling and fitness worlds by storm when she was pictured on the August cover of Women's Running magazine. 

"Looks like [Women's Running Magazine] and I have stirred the pot," Schenk wrote in an Instagram post, just days after the magazine hit stands. That they had. Schenk isn't the tall, thin, tan image of "fitness" typically seen on magazine covers. And yet, by redefining what sorts of bodies are eligible for strength and fitness, she made as big an impact as any model who's graced the cover of a fitness magazine in recent years.

Schenk is signed to Wilhelmina Models modeling agency and is a longtime athlete, having played volleyball, golf, and tennis in high school. 

In an interview with Seventeen this month, Schenk says that "everyone has been super, super positive!" in response to her magazine cover. "It's really exciting that I have this platform, because I never expected myself to have that kind of power...Some girls comment on my Instagram pictures saying that I inspire them to keep running."

She says she understands some young women's concern of looking the part of the athlete: "It's hard when they don't feel comfortable exercising outside or going to the gym because of the way they look, even though doing so will help them feel better about they way they look," she told the magazine.

Schenk is labeled a "plus size" model by her agency, and is consistently referred to as a plus size model in press coverage of her magazine cover. While it's a term other models have pushed against, Schenk says it doesn't offend her.

"It's not meant to be a derogatory word," she tells Seventeen, "It's a business term. I think people feel 'plus size' is a bad word because of how it's viewed in stores. Plus clothes are often segregated, pushed to the back corners. But it isn't a bad word, just a description."

For her part, Schenk isn't going to let terminology impact her career, or her attitude about it. "If a client is looking for a size 2 model with dark brown hair, that isn't going to be me. But if they're looking for a plus size model, I'm here," she said.

Fierce and confident as she is, Erica still admits that she struggles with maintaining absolute self-confidence all the time:

"Even people who are extremely confident have things they're figuring out," she said. "It's a journey towards self acceptance."

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Meryl Streep took a break from rocking out in her new movie "Ricki And The Flash" to rock something a bit more sartorial.

The always elegant star appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" on Monday night to promote the film, wearing a sleek black jumpsuit from Balmain's pre-fall 2015 collection with -- wait for it -- sheer cut-outs.

Streep has certainly made some chic outfit choices in the past (ahem, Oscars blazer), but this outfit is a far cry from her typically conservative look. Of course, as with most things in her life, she pulls it off flawlessly. (It's entirely possible that there are nude-colored panels lining the jumpsuit, for modesty's sake.)

If this is the beginning of a new phase in Meryl Streep's style evolution, we say bring it on. 

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Iggy Azalea gets real about her plastic surgery in the latest issue of Seventeen magazine. 

“I’m not denying it," Azalea told Seventeen for the September 2015 issue. "Denying it is lame. I don’t think you should be ashamed if you made a change to yourself, which is why I’ve spoken about the changes I’ve made, like with my breasts.”

The rapper's new look first made headlines after the Billboard Music Awards back in May. Two months earlier, she admitted to getting implants and loving them. 

She opened up about self-image and the emotional process of undergoing cosmetic procedures. 

“Your perception of yourself can change a lot over time, so I think it’s important to wait and make sure it’s the right choice," she said. "Plastic surgery is an emotional journey. It’s no easy feat to live with your flaws and accept yourself -- and it’s no easy feat to change yourself. Either way you look at it, it’s a tough journey."

In a world where social media is omnipresent, the 25-year-old feels the pressure.  

“It’s hard to be a woman in 2015 with social media. There’s so much more emphasis on taking pictures of ourselves and the 'likes' or people commenting on them. There’s a lot more pressure to look beautiful. Some days I just want to look like s**t and feel okay with that.”

Head over to Seventeen.com for more. 

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Do you have a great driver's license photo? Trick question.

Taking a good ID picture is nearly impossible. Between your last hopeful look in the mirror and the moment the photographer hands you that piece of plastic, something always goes terribly wrong. All that's left is the stupid face you're forced to carry around in your wallet and reluctantly show to attractive bartenders. That is, until you have to get it renewed, and that soul-crushing government agency tears your heart out once again.

But as this video (written by myself and directed by T.J. Misny) illustrates, it's not your fault. 

Check out the previous episode in our Agitators series "Why Starbucks Spells Your Name Wrong" below:

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When you saw summer's hottest movie, "Trainwreck," you may not have noticed how much Amy Schumer's wardrobe affected your experience of the film -- but it probably did. Everything from her slightly inappropriate work attire to that gold mini skirt in the opening scene and her low-cut baby shower dress was the work of costume designer Leesa Evans, who set the tone with her wardrobe choices.

We chatted with Evans, who is also responsible for the brilliant wardrobes in films like "Bridesmaids," "Neighbors" and "22 Jump Street," and found out which scene was the hardest to dress, how she feels about the some-odd 40 outfits that got edited out of the film, and much more. 

On why Amy Schumer's character was always in outfits that were a little too short:

"It really was to show the girl that doesn't have it all together. She doesn't realize what she's doing. She's kind of throwing it together and has skewed her personal and professional lives together. She stays out too late and she has 10 minutes to get dressed and she runs to the office, and maybe it's a skirt that she would normally wear out to a bar or to a club, but instead she's wearing it to work with a blazer -- the lines were blurred."

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We've all been told that college is the time to find yourself -- to discover your passions and preferences while becoming an adult. But it's tough for students with impeccable style to find relatable stuff to read that really gets what it's like to be in college, where the dorm square footage is minuscule and the number in your bank account is even smaller.  

Sometimes you need a little inspiration or guidance from bloggers to help develop your style, and these 10 sites are great places to start for the chic and savvy student.

1. The College Prepster 

If you're a fan of bows, monograms and nautical color schemes, Carly Heitlinger's blog will be your new favorite destination. The College Prepster was born when Heitlinger was a student at Georgetown and it has blossomed to become a full-fledged resource for readers to find style tips, restaurant recs and relatable life lessons. This site has everything for the chic and savvy college student -- book recommendations, recipes, and of course, some serious style inspo. 

2. Vagabond Youth

Amy Lee is a student at UCLA who has simultaneously found time to document her California-inspired style on a popular Youtube channel and Instagram account. Her site keeps the average college student's budget in mind while also giving tutorials, displaying shoppings hauls and DIY projects.

3. I Spy DIY

It's tough to keep up with endless trends with little-to-no disposable income. Have no fear -- I Spy DIY wants readers to spot the styles they love and recreate them. The site is flooded with tutorials for home decor, recipes and style hacks for the creative and crafty. 

4. Rupee Rags

Maleeha Farooq, born and raised in Karachi, and Masooma Ali, a New Yorker, both go to school in Toronto. They created Rupee Rags to give a fresh perspective on style, their culture and the day-to-day life of two trendy college students. The photography is stunning, style is on point and seeing diversity in the fashion blogging world is a breath of fresh air.

5. Leigh Deux Dorm 

Anyone who has spent time living in a college dorm knows the struggle of trying to find chic bedding that fits on a twin XL mattress. The founders of Leigh Deux Dorm, both mothers of teenagers, recognized this gap in the market and decided to create functional and professional bedroom essentials, furniture and dorm room decor that both students and the everyday consumer would be proud to show off.  

6. Song of Style

Aimee Song has nearly 2.5 million Instagram followers for a reason -- this girl has got her finger on the pulse on what's popular in the fashion world. It's tough to scroll through her blog or her feed without instantly envying her travels, beauty routine and entire wardrobe.

7. AsosWhether you're looking for practical attire or something slightly outrageous, Asos is a shopping destination for any kind of shopper. They sell well-known brands as well as their own in-house label, with plenty of basics and other trendy pieces. Plus, they have free returns and a 10 percent discount for students who use their college email addresses.

 8. Dormify

Any fashion-minded college student should take a peek at Dormify before heading off to school or craving a dorm room redesign. The idea was born from a mother-daughter duo who had a tough time finding sophisticated, practical decor during the back-to-school craze. Their hope is to make dorm and apartment shopping "an effortless, fashionable experience."

 9. Penny Chic

 If you live for runway fashion but don't have the budget to afford it, Shauna Miller's site, Penny Chic, is your new best friend. She sees a budget as nothing more than a fun style challenge and her styling tips can help readers get the most bang for their buck. Her Penny vs. Pricey recurring series finds the hottest pieces for fractions of the price and her Outfit Crush series helps find celeb looks for less. 

10. CB2

Crate and Barrel's sister store sells modern furniture, like sleek sofas and storage equipment, designed for smaller spaces like apartments and lofts -- which make it a great destination for college students to nab contemporary items at reasonable prices. Their products come in modern and whimsical styles that ensure a lifespan much longer than the four years of college.

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What's better than wearing a $500+ Apple Watch? Attaching it to a $9,000+ designer watch and wearing them both at once, of course. 

California-based watchmaker Nico Gerard released on Monday the Pinnacle watch, a Swiss-made, 41-millimeter by 10.3-mm, water-resistant timepiece with a strap that fastens onto the Apple Watch.

"The chronometer is situated on the outside of the wrist; the smart watch is situated on the inside of the wrist," the watchmaker's website reads.

There are three models to choose from: the Pinnacle, which at $9,300 has a stainless steel strap and a black watch face; the Skyview Pinnacle ($9,500), with a stainless steel strap and a navy watch face; and, finally, the Sunrise Pinnacle ($112,000), which is made of 18-karat gold and has a red face. An Apple Watch or an Apple Watch Edition is also included in each purchase.

You must reserve a model before buying it: Only 99 Skyview Pinnacle and 88 Sunrise Pinnacle watches are available for reservation; there is no limit on the number of standard Pinnacle models available. Reservations, by the way, cost another $200 -- $500 if you're buying the Sunrise. Customers then have to wait between six and 12 months (depending on which they bought) before they can get their hands -- or their wrists -- on the timepieces. 

Adam Pluemer, president of Nico Gerard, told The Huffington Post that the "Apple Watch has a bunch of functionalities that people want to use," such as the heart rate monitor. The Pinnacle bracelet "allow[s] someone to wear that classical timepiece and have all the benefits of the smartwatch as well."

He also noted that by having an Apple Watch on the inside of the wrist, the wearer could more discreetly view his or her notifications --"If you're in a board meeting, you don't want someone across the table reading your text messages" -- though why one needs to drop over $9,000 for something that can be done with the regular Apple Watch is beyond us. Maybe it's another way to hide your Apple Watch from your "mainstream" friends.

Nico Gerard is not the first watchmaker to invent a fasten-on for the Apple's latest gadget. Watchmaker Original Grain also started a crowdfunding campaign in June for The Duo Watch Adapter, which allows users to link the band of their Barrel watch to the Apple Watch on the same clasp.

However, the Original Grain watch is priced at $269. Why do the Pinnacle watches cost at least $9,300, then?

Pluemer says it's because the devices are certified by Official Swiss Chronometer Testing, the organization responsible for verifying the accuracy of Swiss timepieces. He also noted that "only 3 percent of Swiss watches actually qualify for [this] certification -- so it is actually an elite watch."

Pluemer was not able to tell us how many watches had been reserved, as of Tuesday.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Arnold Scaasi, whose flamboyant creations adorned first ladies, movie stars and socialites, has died.

Scaasi died early Tuesday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital of cardiac arrest, said his longtime friend, Michael Selleck, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Simon & Schuster. The designer was 85.

Scaasi — which was his given name, Isaacs, spelled backward — specialized in made-to-order clothes, often in ornate, brilliantly colored fabrics and trimmings like beads and ostrich feathers.

However, one of his most famous designs was a flimsy lace pantsuit designed for Barbra Streisand's Oscar appearance in 1969, when she won for "Funny Girl" in a tie with Katharine Hepburn. It featured bell-bottom pants and matching top in spangly black lace, and the thin fabric used created the impression of nudity.

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Alexander Skarsgård took to the red carpet for the premiere of his new film "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" on Monday night in San Francisco dressed in drag. And he fully committed. 

The 38-year-old actor wore a bright gold '70s-inspired sequin gown with spaghetti straps and a cinched waist. He paired the glam frock with a silver clutch and a blond wig so voluminous even Dolly Parton would be jealous. 

The former "True Blood" star also wore a full face of makeup, complete with false lashes and expertly contoured cheekbones. He posed for some photos with his co-star Bel Powley, executive producer Jorma Taccone and director Marielle Heller.

The "Battleship" star once dressed in drag before for his role as Geert in the 2006 film "Kill Your Darlings," though Monday's look was much more glamorous.  

According to E! and Us Weekly, Skarsgård didn't provide a reason for his outfit choice, but both sites noted it may have been a nod to the actor's co-star Joshua Grannell (a drag performer who goes by Peaches Christ), who plays a crossdresser in the film.

Vanity Fair mentioned that he was dressed in drag because the Castro District in San Francisco, where Peaches Christ is a well-known performer, held a drag show party before the film premiered. Skarsgård simply chose to stay in his outfit following the party. 

And we must say, he rocked the sh*t out of those sequins. 

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Some men are naturals when it comes to putting themselves together. For everyone else, even pants can be a bit complicated. 

Fear not, sartorially challenged gents! Business Insider has spelled out everything you need to know to be a "modern gentleman" in one easy infographic. This handy guide offers tips for how often you should shampoo your hair, what kind of hangers you should use, the right way to roll up your sleeves and more. 

Consider it the modern man's cheat sheet for looking and feeling good.  Now go on and get yourself a nice pair of shoe trees. 

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Academic studies can be fascinating... and totally confusing. So we decided to strip away all of the scientific jargon and break them down for you.

The Background

With all of the pressure for women to look taut, thin and forever young, self-objectification is unfortunately par for the course these days. Now, researchers are starting to think that judging ourselves harshly isn't just affecting our mental states -- feeling body shame may actually cause us to become physically ill.

The thinking is that strict beauty ideals -- which contribute to body shame -- often make women feel bad about their bodily functions (like menstruation and sweating). This may cause women to be less responsive to those bodily functions, since they're trying to conceal them, which could in turn compromise their health. To investigate, researchers from Bucknell University conducted two small studies.   

The Setup

In the first study, the researchers had 177 undergraduate women answer a questionnaire, with statements like, "When I'm not the size I think I should be, I feel ashamed," "I am confident that my body will let me know what is good for me" and "I often feel vulnerable to sickness." Participants were asked to rate how strongly they agreed or disagreed with each statement. The researchers then used the answers to measure the subjects' feelings of body shame, how responsive they were to their bodies and how well they evaluated their own health.

Then, the women reported how many infections they had experienced in the last five years -- things like bronchitis, yeast infections and pneumonia -- as well as how often they experienced physical illness symptoms, like nausea, headaches and diarrhea. Each woman also rated her own health on a scale of one to five. 

But the researchers wanted to see how the findings would hold up over time and make sure that results weren't influenced by a woman's depression, smoking habits or BMI. So they conducted a longitudinal version of the study that controlled for those three variables. In this version, they had 181 undergraduate women answer the same questionnaire from the first study at two points during the semester, once in September and once in December ("a time period in which infectious diseases such as the flu, bronchitis, etc., are expected to increase," according to the researchers). 

The Findings
After analyzing both studies, the researchers found that women who had higher levels of body shame reported decreased self-rated health and an increased number of infections since their teenage years. The findings held up even when controlling for depression, smoking and BMI. Plus, the second study showed that, for women with higher levels of body shame, infections increased between the first and second times the questionnaire was distributed. This suggests that the body shame women reported in September could have contributed to the infections they experienced in December.

Why does this happen? The researchers suggested this correlational pattern: Feeling body shame predicts poor physical health, because those feelings may lead women to be less responsive to their bodies and do a worse job of evaluating how healthy they are. 

The Takeaway
These findings beg the question: If many, many women report feeling bad about their bodies, how much of a health toll is that body shame really taking? That's something we don't know yet -- the scale of this study was pretty small and the findings do have some limitations, since the researchers relied on people to remember specifics about their health (ahem, recall bias).

Still, these studies suggest that feeling bad about our bodies could potentially harm our physical health, and provide insight into why that might happen.

If nothing else, let this serve as even greater motivation to love the body you have now. Feeling guilty about that extra cookie, or putting yourself down because you don't measure up to airbrushed models or celebrities may do more than put you in a crappy mood. 

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First lady Michelle Obama wished her husband and "favorite dance partner," President Barack Obama, a happy birthday on Tuesday.

Obama celebrated his 54th birthday.

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Meryl Streep and Lupita Nyong'o have a few things in common. They share an alma mater (both attended the Yale School of Drama), both have Academy Award wins under their belts, and they are two of the most beloved actresses of our time. Now, they also share a stylist. 

Pret-a-Reporter reported Wednesday that Streep has hired stylist to the stars Micaela Erlanger to dress her during her press tour for "Ricki And The Flash." Erlanger, whose other A-list clients include Michelle Dockery, is responsible for some of Nyong'o's most memorable looks during her breakout red carpet season. 

Streep can do no wrong, but the news that these two women with very different style does explain some of the fabulous, edgier looks we've seen Streep in during this tour. Of course, there are some differences between the two leading ladies. Whereas Erlanger dressed Nyong'o in what were considered "risky" looks for a first-timer at awards season, Erlanger has taken Streep, a veteran of the red carpet who has shown off her own style for years, out of her comfort zone.

In a 2014 interview with Vanity Fair, Erlanger explained how she figures out which rules to break. “I think it’s about not being afraid to try something new. I think it’s about being able to interpret the risk or edge in a wearable way," she said. 

We'd say the sheer Balmain jumpsuit alone is proof that her previous sentiment holds truer than ever, in Streep's case. 

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