It's a sad day for Piperlime fans, i.e., people who like the idea of Zappos but not the low price point. Gap Inc. is officially shutting down the online retailer, instead choosing to focus on their more popular brands like Banana Republic and Athleta.

We've finally learned why there are so many single women in New York, thanks to a coffee wrapper spotted by a Copyranter tipster. You see, anytime you leave your apartment looking like anything less than a dolled-up sex goddess, men immediately pick up stakes and set out for a location where women's primary occupation…

• Stella McCartney, who gave birth last week, just announced the baby's a girl. She and her husband, Alasdhair Willis, named their youngest daughter Reiley. [Evening Standard]
• And Nina Garcia just gave birth to a son named Alexander David Conrod. [@ninagarcia]

• Halle is the first black woman to make the cover of Vogue's September issue since 1989. "What that means for a woman of color and what that means in the fashion world, what that means to pop culture," she says:

• After barring a woman from helping her autistic sister try on clothes at the chain's Mall of America outpost, Abercrombie & Fitch was fined $115,264 for discrimination. Now we can say it definitively: Abercrombie doesn't like disabled people. [StarTrib]

• Before digesting the latest round of layoffs, garment worker intimidation, stupidly expensive luxury crap, and magazine turmoil, say a hearty Good mornin' to David Beckham in his fancy new Armani underwear ad. Hello David. [People]

We get a lot of emails from fashion retailers informing us of their latest sales, new arrivals, and hottest trends, emails we tend to ignore because our bank account and body-mass-index can rarely justify new arrivals, hottest trends or (sadly) even sale items.