Elle Magazine Says Auf Wiedersehen To Nina Garcia

Elle Magazine may have said good-bye to their (former? zomg!) fashion director Nina Garcia. You might know her as “the mean judge” on “Project Runway” or as the lauded author of Little Black Book of Style, an opus in the vein of Faulkner, Pynchon and Danielle Steel:

On Tuesday, Elle hosted a dinner with Moschino to celebrate Simon Doonan’s new book, “Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fashionable You”, but Garcia was notably absent.

Tangent: If you have to be taught how to be eccentric, you are not and will never be.

Speculation about Garcia’s departure has swirled for months, especially after the arrival of Joe Zee at the beginning of 2007 as creative director. Last spring, Garcia left the magazine on maternity leave, and began writing a monthly fashion column for Elle upon her return. Garcia was in the office on Friday morning, but by the afternoon, sources close to the building say Hachette’s Midtown offices were abuzz about the rumor.

Abuzz? On of those vixens from Cosmo must have been playing pranks that day. We’d be sad if we had to see less of Nina and her impeccable highlight. So we’ll stick to thinking Nina just had chronic, shooting diarrhea and couldn’t make it to the Moschino party.

Nina Garcia Said to Be Out at Elle [WWD]
Earlier: Nina Garcia’s Little Black Book Of Style: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Dress Like An American