Alexander McQueen is reportedly in talks to design a line for Target. [Vogue UK]

Michael Kors has agreed to appear in an upcoming "fashion week-themed" episode of Gossip Girl after the show's producers told him, "You are very Gossip Girl." [WWD]

Alexandre Herchcovitch Band-Aids are the new "It" accessory. [Times]

L'Oreal is being accused of digitally lightening Beyoncé's complexion for its new ad; they allegedly whitewashed her face to be several shades lighter. [NY Post]

Famed fashion critic Mr. Blackwell has been hospitalized with a serious illness, according to his partner Robert Spencer. [US Weekly]

It used to be that if a grown woman were wearing shorts, it would be for purely utilitarian, counter-style moments: jogging, errands on a hot Saturday, a trip to the Laundromat. That is no longer the case.

There is the return of the ’60s high-waisted hot pants, sent down the runway this season by Erin Fetherston and L.A.M.B. There is the Bermuda short that reaches right above the knee, from Tory Burch ($195) and BCBG Max Azria ($138), for the BlackBerry clutching gals in midtown, and the neat little cuffed and expertly tailored Fanciful Short by Alice and Olivia ($165) and Badgley Mischka ($138), preferred by those going for a Lower East Side look, like the actress Kirsten Dunst.  read more »

PARIS...AS IN FRANCE! YOU KNOW: GAY PAREE!  read more »

Despite what may sometimes seem like a growing anti-fur trend in fashion, the Times of London reports today that global prices for mink pelts have never been higher, reaching record levels over the last two years. The primary source of such growing demand reportedly comes from China and Russia, where the soft stuff is considered hotter than mod. But in North America, too, the cost of mink has more than doubled since the late 1990s, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Despite fashion labels that have publicly boycotted the use of fur—Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger—there are still plenty of others who favor using real fuzzy flesh in their garments. In our November interview with Ingrid Newkirk, the president and co-founder of PETA, she questioned the ethics and motives of fashionistas like Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld and Jean Paul Gaulteir, calling them “desperate.”  read more »