It's Sunday Styles reporter Dave Itzkoff's last day at the section, but he won't be going far. After a two week break — in the midst of fashion season, no less — he'll be returning to be a reporter on The New York Times' culture desk.

In the past months, Martin Arnold, Bob Candela and Wendy Sclight have left their staff positions on the culture beat (Arnold has a contract to continue writing), so there's plenty of room for man-about-town Itzkoff.

His goodbye-for-now email after the jump.

Hi all,

As some of you already know, today is my last day with Sunday Styles
-- I'll be away for the next two weeks and when I return on the 22nd,
I'll be leaving the Styles desk to become a reporter for the Times's
culture department.

As of this writing, it has not yet been decided who'll be taking over
the Night Out and Boite columns, though that decision is expected
soon. I have prepared memos for Trip and my successors that list all
the current assignments, both in hand and outstanding, for these
columns, as well as all the writers who have contributed to these
departments, so if you've been writing for Boite or Night Out, you
should expect to hear from the new editors soon.

It's been a privilege and a tremendous amount of fun to work with all
of you. I'll be back at the Times (at this same email address and
phone number, I'm told) in two weeks, so please don't hesitate to
contact me then if I can help with missing payments, editorial
contacts, etc. I wish you all the best of luck and hope you'll please
stay in touch.

best regards,
Dave