UPDATE: Nina Garcia exits Elle ... or does she?
After yesterday's announcement that Nina Garcia had left her position as fashion director at Elle, certain editors and industry people felt comfortable expressing their pleasure at the move. There was talk that Garcia hadn't really been fashion director for years, it was just a title, and she was rarely in the office.
Better swallow those words, people. It looks like all the trouble with Project Runway moving from Bravo to Lifetime has caused problems for the magazine, which is signed on for one more year of participation with Bravo, and Garcia, a popular judge on the program.
Everyone saw this coming and assumed that Elle and Project Runway had a plan, but no! Apparently the magazine was banking on the fact that Bravo's fifth season of the show, the last Elle is contracted for, would be cancelled.
But the show will go on, filming this summer, so the magazine either has to put up another editor for a possible one-season slot or find a place for Garcia as an editor-at-large or contributing editor ASAP. Many Elle editors are already busy filming the CW reality series "Fashionista" so it seems likely Garcia isn't off the masthead yet.
Tell us what you think in the comments below. Would Project Runway be the same without Nina? What about Elle?
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