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Reading a Fashionista feature on former ELLE editor Kate Davidson Hudson -- who's one-half of the commanders of e-commerce meets "modern fashion magazine" platform Editorialist, I was reminded of Kate Lanphear -- punk rock-edgy phenom, and one of my downtown style pegs. She, who left her post as Style Director ELLE last year -- after six mighty years (!) -- and was reportedly turned down for the WSJ EIC job, has since moved on to work for New York Times' T Magazine, as -- what else? -- its Style Director.

I wonder how ELLE's trends pages look now without plantinum-bobbed Kate's (I want to go first-name basis on girl friend) sense and direction. I read the informative American ELLE, and TRENDS is definitely one of the things I look forward to when I buy back issues from heavenly BookSale. 
I'm quite concerned on who's editing TRENDS now. Lingering question: Is it part of the workload of veteran stylist Lori Goldstein as newly-hired fashion editor-at-large?

Other familiar staffers who've left: Kyle Anderson, Taylor Tomasi Hill's heir as Marie Claire's accessories director since 2011; Nick Axelrod, from fashion print publication to go-to beauty online resource Emily Weiss' Into The Gloss; and Stefania Allen, Davidson Hudson's co-senior accessories editor in ELLE turned co-conspirator at Editorialist.

Does Erin from The Hills still work in ELLE? Erm, good luck on your new endeavors, Kate, Stefania, and Kate!


**Updated (6:11 PM PH Time): Erin Kaplan is now with Hearst's numero uno rival, Conde Nast. She's left since early 2011 to work for Teen VOGUE.**