Back in December, we heard Elle chieftess Robbie Myers, and creative director/hatchet man Joe Zee, were looking to oust fashion director Nina Garcia. Naturally, Elle spokespeeps refused comment, which, to us, confirmed our story, but behind the scenes they were denying things.

Cut to today: Elle is said to have "parted company" with Garcia, says WWD. Nobody likes a liar.

It was just last weekend (as in six days ago), we're told, that she filmed her Ugly Betty cameo along with Runway winner Christian Siriano.

Meanwhile, as Jossip also first reported, Myers and Zee were looking to book their own TV gigs at the expense of Garcia; as we predicted, that's taking place with reality show Fashionista.

So we're not entirely surprised to see Garcia make her exit, but the timing is suspect. Or is it? Elle's relationship with Project Runway, where Nina was a judge, is theoretically also in jeopardy now that the franchise is moving from Bravo to Lifetime. Let's hope this is everything Robbie Myers was hoping for …