>> Just a week after Derek Lam dropped hints about wanting to do a high-low collaboration comes the announcement that he's joining forces with eBay for an exclusive ready-to-wear collection, to be unveiled during New York Fashion Week in February 2011.

EBay has teamed with Norma Kamali and Narciso Rodriguez for capsule collections in the past, but Lam's collection brings a new element: after the unveiling, eBay will essentially crowd source which designs to produce by inviting shoppers to vote for their favorites on eBay.com. The favorites will make up the final collection, which will be available for purchase in May at "accessible," fixed price points, exclusively on eBay.

It sounds like the eBay collaboration is just a warm-up for Lam: he's planning an inexpensive line for launch at the end of 2011.

>> Although LVMH continues to reiterate that it has no intention of taking control of Hermes or making a public offer on the brand in the next six months (who knows after that), the luxury conglomerate — which has already acquired 17.1 percent of the house for about $2 billion — informed the French market authority today that it plans to continue to buy Hermes shares, depending on market conditions. [WWD]

>> In celebration of its fifth year collaborating with designers, Target will re-release 34 dresses from 17 past Go International participants — to hit most Target stores and online at Target.com on March 13, 2011.

The Go International Designer Collective line, as its being called, will feature signature dresses from the past Target lines of Luella Bartley, Tara Jarmon, Paul & Joe, Behnaz Sarafpour, Proenza Schouler, Libertine, Alice Temperley, Erin Fetherston, Jovovich-Hawk, Rogan, Richard Chai, Jonathan Saunders, Thakoon, Tracy Feith, Rodarte, Zac Posen, and Tucker. Only Patrick Robinson of Gap declined the opportunity to work with Target again, saying he had other commitments. Images of the collection, which will be in stores through April 10, 2011, are expected to be available in February.

>> Page Six reported this morning that Kelly Cutrone fired her former assistant Andrew Mukamal because after appearing on Bravo's People's Revolution-centric show Kell on Earth, Mukamal, in her words, "cared more about being a TV personality than being my assistant." She added that he was distributing photos of himself in front of the People's Revolution logo, with captions about what he was wearing: "Just because you worked as an assistant in the fashion industry doesn't make you an expert." Mukamal, who has reportedly pitched his own reality show to E!, responded, "No comment." But Cutrone took to her Twitter this afternoon to clarify: "Time to go on record about Tara Palmeri's Page Six item about [Andrew Mukamal] and I - Andrew has not worked at [People's Revolution] since July — I am not upset about his desire to be on TV — I wish him the best — If I wanted to cut ties sharply or in an aggressive manner with Andrew — I would have done so in July not now — Must have been a slow day over at Page Six." [NY Post, @peoplesrev]

>> W is not looking to fill the creative director position that creative director Jody Quon left empty after only three full issues and six months at the magazine. While Quon couldn't be reached for comment, editor Stefano Tonchi shed some light on why Quon might have exited her position: "I really came back 10 days ago [from the fashion shows in Europe] and there was a lot of tension in the office, much more than before."

He added that he was "very sad, very sad" to see her go, and that Quon's reasons for leaving were "very much that she didn't feel comfortable anymore and kind of agreed that it was maybe not the best match." When asked to elaborate on whether the tension resulted from a culture clash or a personality clash, Tonchi said he couldn't speak for Quon, but surmised: "Probably both." He continued: "From my side, I was very happy with what she has done with the magazine, and I appreciate her professionally, and, more than that, her elegance . . . I respect her decision. I accepted it."

As The Daily points out, "Quon had to contend with Baron & Baron wunderkind Joseph Logan, a skilled design director who appears to favor the austere aesthetic pioneered by Fabien Baron. (He's bringing on a new art director from Baron & Baron in the next few weeks to replace Nathalie Kirsheh, who recently decamped to Details.) And the third party to consider: fashion director Alex White, whose relationships with photographers like Mert & Marcus and Inez & Vinoodh are a valuable asset that Tonchi doesn't take lightly. Widely considered to be among the best stylists in the business, White is not known to take a backseat role in creative decision-making."

>> "I think naughty shoots suit my personality," said Lara Stone, who has seen her career grow with controversial images — like those of her in black face, or more recently, those banned from Australia for being "suggestive of rape and violence." "I don't mind doing a straightforward fashion shoot, but it's more fun when there's something naughty in it."

She does mind, however, when images of her are published without permission. In July, she sued French Playboy and photographer Greg Lotus for putting unauthorized photos in the magazine's June 2010 issue. ''Playboy had no right to publish these unauthorised photographs," Stone said at the time. "It's not the kind of publication I would ever choose to appear in. I feel I have no option but to take steps to protect my reputation.''

The case has come to a close, with Stone winning "significant" damages, which she will donate to Great Ormond Street Hospital. Through a statement released by her law firm, Stone said: ''No woman wants photos of them to be published in Playboy without permission. I'm very pleased to have won the case, although of course I would rather not have had to take legal action at all.'' Playboy has also been ordered to publish a prominent legal statement in its next edition, confirming that it has infringed on Stone's image rights.