Something’s happening over at Wet Seal, but we can’t quite put our finger on what it is.

First, they let Ashlee Simpson design a line of t-shirts, some even with her face on them.

Now, they’ve launched a Community section on their site, which includes a “social networking element” meant to create a more in-store kind of experience, so that girls can chat with each other while they shop.

We’re not sure what to make of this, but here’s a funny coincidence -

Last week’s episode of The Office (is this a shameless, un-fashiony television reference? Why yes, it is) started with the return of Ryan, and the problems that arose from Dunder Mifflin’s attempt at incorporating a social networking component into their paper-purchasing site, which nobody saw a reason for…

This is only marginally fashion-related, but you’ll like it anyway:

Current Teen Vogue intern and Degrassi starlet Stacey Farber is taking some time off her job assisting the website to do something very important:

Audition for the upcoming 90210 sequel in L.A.

If she gets cast, she might get to wear actual designer clothes, instead of the Wet Seal variety she sports in every Degrassi episode (in fact, we’ve only spotted one designer item, ever, on that show - a pair of Rock & Republic jeans on the scrawny butt of Emma).

And although this whole project sounds a lot like The O.C. without the sense of humor, it should still be really fun.

If Stacy gets the part, maybe she’ll go from Teen Vogue intern to Teen Vogue cover girl… just like Lauren Conrad?