There's been some talk of Whitney leaving The Hills, and her recent interview with T's The Moment may have just confirmed it.

T's Online Editor Jonathan Paul comes right out and asks Whitney if she's getting "phased out" of the show. Whitney responds that it's just a rumor, saying she's "still going to be continuing filming".

BUT, after being asked "what's next" for her at the magazine, she says, "I think Amy [Astley, Teen Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief] thinks [Lauren and I] are maybe getting too old for the magazine."

Are Lauren and Whitney getting tossed from the show like a couple of just-turned-23-year-old models? We think it's true, but not because they're "old" (if 22 is too mature to work at Teen Vogue, then everyone but the interns couldn't work there.)

Rumors say Teen Vogue might be trying to distance themselves from the show - regular shots of Lauren and friends drinking and hanging around questionable guys may not fit in with the lifestyle Teen Vogue maintains within its pages.

So what would The Hills be like without the fashion closet? We have no idea, we just know we probably wouldn't watch it anymore (especially if this rumor happens to be true).

"Above the shop floor, in the cash office, Prince Boateng is not so forthcoming. He is waiting anxiously for the return of a 'Charley run', in which staff wearing protective glasses 'in case someone wants to spray their eyes with pepper spray – or perfume' push a metal safe around the store to collect the takings from every till." -- On the madness of working at TopShop on December 15th, from the London Times.

Checking out the Beauty Flash spread in next month’s W makes us think of the ongoing conversation we’ve been having with friends for years- beauty products that actually work.

It’s no secret that advertising drives a lot of what’s found in magazines, and that publications with a luxury perspective tend to showcase the glitziest and rarest of the newest crop of whatever, no matter if they work or not.

Products by Clinique, Estee Lauder, Revlon, La Prairie and the like make it into high-end glossies every month, but everybody knows they’re a huge waste of hard-earned cash. Ask any beauty editor what she washes her face with every morning, and you’re like to hear some combination of Neutrogena and Olay.

Readers don’t hear about great products like Cetaphil because they don’t seem to advertise, and the packaging is less than persuasive.

So do you really need that new La Mer Cleansing Foam “fortified with precious jade and pearl powders” for $65? We think (know) not.

How do you inform your beauty product purchases? And have you ever splurged on something because a favorite magazine told you to?

We were all about our mood ring when we were in 6th grade, even though it basically stayed the same shade of bluish purple until we lost or broke it a year later.

And if you still love My Girl as much as we do, you can bring back the look in a slightly more adult fashion. The designers and engineers at Phillips have brought us the Bubelle Dress, a frock that will change colors depending on your mood.

The Bubelle is made up of two layers- the inner one contains biometric sensors that "pick up a person's emotions and projects them in colours onto the second layer, the outer textile”. The dress was made as part of a project predicting lifetyle items for the year 2020.

We’re not totally sure if we want to wear a dress that broadcasts to the world whenever we're feeling “flirty” – but then again, it would eliminate the need for a lot of awkward conversations.

--ALISON COOL

We’ve been reading about the new fashion networking site, Fashionspace, and we have to say, despite the good press, we’re skeptical.

The site, inspired by the internet-based success of the creator’s high school classmate Lily Allen, is another in a string of attempts to create such a site for fashionistas, after Myspace.com/fashion and the unsuccessful Iqons.

While it seems like a great idea to network on a site to break into an industry practically surrounded by the Great Wall of China, it misses the point. Most fashion people are way too discreet to do anything as conspicuous as “networking,” especially online- they don’t even leave comments on websites, let alone post detailed profiles of themselves complete with contact information.

We still think Fashionspace might succeed at being like a Monster.com for aspiring designers- maybe fashion houses will look to it when hiring assistant designers? But as far as becoming the all-out fashion MySpace that it wants to be, we doubt it- it’s just too straightforward to be picked up by the least straightforward people on earth.

When MTV aired "How to Dress Like the Hills", we were kind of amused but not interested enough to actually watch it.

Then Gossip Girl arrived, devoted most of their site to the characters' wardrobes, and name dropped random brands into pivotal scenes.

And this weekend, we saw a preview for a special episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, detailing which brands move its fashion-forward ladies to drop their thousands.

We thought we'd only want to look like characters dressed by Patricia Field. Then, like magic, our chance appeared - HBO updated its Sex and the City webpage with descriptions of almost every outfit and accessory from the show.

We don't know if the shopping and TV merger is an attempt at making shows more accessible, or if networks make a profit from what are, essentially, commercials

But we do know this takes TV shows that much closer to becoming infomercials with plot lines, and then what would happen to this new, great venue for selling us stuff?

Rules of sidewalk conduct in winter:

1. Thou shalt not stop for no reason in the middle of morning foot traffic to look for something in your bag.

2. Thou should not even think of walking three-across with two friends, making everyone behind you go around and through icy snow banks to get ahead of your incredible slowness.

And now, we think we've found the ultimate sidewalk no-no: the Glover, a two-in-one mitten combination meant for cold-weather strolling lovers. So now you can have a whole new kind of sidewalk faux-pas to hate on with your friends.

Frankly, we don't understand how this could exist. Not only is it insane to think you actually need this instead of just holding hands with your own pairs like normal people, but what do you do when you reach your destination? Casually remove your love mitten and ask to see a menu?

We've seen it online, but thankfully, never in person (and yet it's sold out on several shopping sites...)

We really just don't understand this accessory. If we saw a couple walking 1mph because of this thing, we think we've have to bodycheck them into the nearest open store cellar. You?

--ALISON COOL

"What I found offensive was the public editor’s Lego-man hair."

The Times public editor, Clark Hoyt, proclaimed the spread "a mistake" in a recent column.

When Zune launched their media player in October, they claimed their mp3 toy was more artistically inclined than most.

We didn't quite get it until now, when dozens of short films created by artist and musicians have popped up on their website - our favorite, called Magic Trick, is linked here.

You can download the art shorts straight onto your iTunes, which will perhaps replace episodes of The Hills on heavy digital rotation.

And if you get really addicted, our other recommendation is this short movie - called Rainblo - by sometime-Fashionista photographer Jeremy Kost.

Just don't use it as a makeup tutorial and you should be okay...

We're not sure what to make of Make Me a Supermodel, the new Bravo reality show with Tyson Beckford and Niki Taylor. The series claims to be like American Idol for fashion models, with the audience voting each week for their favorite face.

Our gut feeling is the show will stink, but it is produced by Bravo, who can even make cooking look interesting, so who knows.

But even if the show is dull, its behind-the-scenes makeup is fascinating, because of one thing:

The show is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, a division of IMG Media. But while IMG is making money off the series, it won't be lending its name in support:

Despite having arguably the best modeling agency in the world, IMG isn't offering the show's winner a chance to share their roster with Stam, Freja, Gemma, and Tanya D. Instead, the prize comes from New York Model Management, which boasts Daisy Lowe on its boards.

Maybe IMG learned their lesson during Season Two of Top Model, when they inherited the gorgeous but not-quite-fashion-focused Yoanna House from the series.

Or maybe it's more practical than that - half of Make Me a Supermodel's cast is men, and IMG recently sold off their boys' division, which could leave their eventual winner in a really lonely spot.

Five months after Jane closed, its super editor Brandon Holley has announced her next move:

She's overseeing lifestyle content for Yahoo, including astrology, food, health, and technology.

Mediaweek reports that Brandon hasn't commented on her new position, but the job certainly makes sense for the editor who added a lot of substantial content to the Jane website, and also brought a perspective to ELLEgirl that went beyond clothes and boys - they were the first magazine to put Mischa Barton on their cover, and the only teen magazine to have a dedicated music issue since Sassy.

It's no secret that everyone at Fashionista loved Jane and ELLEgirl - we'll be watching the Yahoo pages in hopes that some of the same spirit comes through.