The Nina Garcia-Elle-Project Runway drama continues to wreak havoc for all parties involved. Today, WWD confirms that the Colombian BlackBerry shill has in fact been dropped as Elle's fashion director, but also that the magazine is "scrambling" to find her some "symbolic" staff roll.

We don't see what the "scrambling" is all about—adding one "editor-at-large" to a masthead isn't a zero-sum-game that necessitates removing another, and as such it should be a pretty easy fix—but then again we don't work at a fashion magazine and thus aren't so familiar with the ego coddling required to keep a bunch of narcissists happy.

The higher-ups at Elle would have gotten rid of "Mean-a" Garcia long ago, except that her turn on Project Runway had the unexpected consequence of making the magazine semi-relevant again. Complicating matters is the fact that Elle is contractually obligated to partner with Project Runway for the show's fifth and final run on Bravo, meaning the mag actually needs to keep Garcia aboard, even if no one there wants her.

And Garcia, for her part, needs to stay with Elle if she wants to hold onto her cushy TV gig. The whole ordeal will be moot by the time the sixth season rolls around—PR is moving to Lifetime, and Elle is already looking to partner up with the more downmarket America's Next Top Model. But for now, things have gotten so ugly that Garcia has hired Rubenstein PR to explain to reporters that she can't possibly be as terrible as everyone is making her out to be.

Neither Garcia nor Elle has commented on the matter, but hopefully this ordeal will be resolved soon so we can go back to not watching Project Runway again.