“It’s not like a tea party here. We work very hard,” Vogue’s Editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley told Safer. “Let’s say that Anna can be intimidating. I think that’s her armor, to intimidate. To give the people the sense that she is in charge. She is not a person who’s going to show you her emotions ever. She’s like a doctor, when she’s looking at your work, it’s like a medical analysis.”
Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington says, “I think she enjoys not being completely approachable, you know. Just her office is very intimidating, right? You have to walk about a mile into the office before you get to her desk, and I’m sure it’s intentional.”