Wintour is often described as emotionally distant by those who have come to know her well, even her close friends. "
At some stage in her career, Anna Wintour stopped being Anna Wintour and became 'Anna Wintour,' at which point, like wings of a stately home, she closed off large sections of her personality to the public," wrote The Guardian. "
I think she enjoys not being completely approachable.
Just her office is very intimidating.
You have to walk about a mile into the office before you get to her desk and I'm sure it's intentional," Coddington says. "
I don't find her to be accessible to people she doesn't need to be accessible to," agrees Vogue publisher Tom Florio.

She has said she admired her father Charles, known as "Chilly Charlie" for being "inscrutable."
Former coworkers told Oppenheimer of a similar aloofness on her part.
But she is also known for volatile outbursts of displeasure, and the widely used "Nuclear Wintour" sobriquet is a result of both.
She dislikes it enough to have asked The New York Times not to use it. "
There are times I get quite angry," she admitted in The September Issue.

"I think she has been very rude to a lot of people in the past, on her way up – very terse," a friend told The Observer. "
She doesn't do small talk.
She is never going to be friends with her assistant."
A former assistant said, "You definitely did not ride the elevator with her."
Unwritten rules imposed by Wintour at the Vogue offices forbid junior staff from initiating conversation with her; an editor who greeted her on the elevator was reprimanded by one of Wintour's assistants. (
She calls that an exaggeration.)
A visiting reporter saw a junior staff member appear visibly panicked when she realised she would have to be in the elevator with Wintour.
Once a junior editor saw her trip in the hallway, walked past without offering assistance, and was later told she "did absolutely the right thing."

Even friends admit to some trepidation in her presence. "
Anna happens to be a friend of mine," says Barbara Amiel, "a fact which is of absolutely no help in coping with the cold panic that grips me whenever we meet." "
I know when to stop pushing her," says Coddington. "
She doesn't know when to stop pushing me."

She has often been described as a perfectionist who routinely makes impossible, arbitrary demands of subordinates: "kitchen scissors at work," in the words of one commentator.
She once made a junior staffer look through a photographer's trash to find a picture he had refused to give her.
In a deleted scene from The September Issue, she complains about the "horrible white plastic buckets" of ice behind the bars at the CFDA's 7th on Sale AIDS benefit and moves them out of sight. "
The notion that Anna would want something done 'now' and not 'shortly' is accurate," Amiel says of The Devil Wears Prada. "
Anna wants what she wants right away."
A longtime assistant says, "She throws you in the water and you'll either sink or swim."

Peter Braunstein, the former Women's Wear Daily (WWD) media reporter, later convicted of sexually assaulting a coworker, allegedly planned to kill Wintour because of perceived slights.
After receiving only one ticket to the 2002 Vogue Fashion Awards, which he perceived as a snub, he became so angry that WWD fired him.
At his 2007 trial, prosecutors introduced as evidence a journal he kept on his computer in which he stated his intention to kill her.
In it he wrote, "She just never talked to peons like us" to justify his intended actions.

On one occasion, she has had to pay for her treatment of employees.
In 2004, a court ruled that she and Shaffer were to pay $104,403, and Wintour herself an additional $32,639, to settle a lawsuit brought against them by the New York State Workers' Compensation Board.
They had failed to pay the $140,000 judgement it incurred on behalf of a former employee injured on the job, who did not have the necessary insurance coverage.

In the 2000s, her relationship with Bryan was credited with softening her personality at work. "
Even when she's in a bad mood, she has a different post
Wintour is often described as emotionally distant by those who have come to know her well, even her close friends. "At some stage in her career, Anna Wintour stopped being Anna Wintour and became 'Anna Wintour,' at which point, like wings of a stately home, she closed off large sections of her personality to the public," wrote The Guardian. "I think she enjoys not being completely approachable. Just her office is very intimidating. You have to walk about a mile into the office before you get to her desk and I'm sure it's intentional," Coddington says. "I don't find her to be accessible to people she doesn't need to be accessible to," agrees Vogue publisher Tom Florio.
She has said she admired her father Charles, known as "Chilly Charlie" for being "inscrutable." Former coworkers told Oppenheimer of a similar aloofness on her part. But she is also known for volatile outbursts of displeasure, and the widely used "Nuclear Wintour" sobriquet is a result of both. She dislikes it enough to have asked The New York Times not to use it. "There are times I get quite angry," she admitted in The September Issue.
"I think she has been very rude to a lot of people in the past, on her way up – very terse," a friend told The Observer. "She doesn't do small talk. She is never going to be friends with her assistant." A former assistant said, "You definitely did not ride the elevator with her." Unwritten rules imposed by Wintour at the Vogue offices forbid junior staff from initiating conversation with her; an editor who greeted her on the elevator was reprimanded by one of Wintour's assistants. (She calls that an exaggeration.) A visiting reporter saw a junior staff member appear visibly panicked when she realised she would have to be in the elevator with Wintour. Once a junior editor saw her trip in the hallway, walked past without offering assistance, and was later told she "did absolutely the right thing."
Even friends admit to some trepidation in her presence. "Anna happens to be a friend of mine," says Barbara Amiel, "a fact which is of absolutely no help in coping with the cold panic that grips me whenever we meet." "I know when to stop pushing her," says Coddington. "She doesn't know when to stop pushing me."
She has often been described as a perfectionist who routinely makes impossible, arbitrary demands of subordinates: "kitchen scissors at work," in the words of one commentator. She once made a junior staffer look through a photographer's trash to find a picture he had refused to give her. In a deleted scene from The September Issue, she complains about the "horrible white plastic buckets" of ice behind the bars at the CFDA's 7th on Sale AIDS benefit and moves them out of sight. "The notion that Anna would want something done 'now' and not 'shortly' is accurate," Amiel says of The Devil Wears Prada. "Anna wants what she wants right away." A longtime assistant says, "She throws you in the water and you'll either sink or swim."
Peter Braunstein, the former Women's Wear Daily (WWD) media reporter, later convicted of sexually assaulting a coworker, allegedly planned to kill Wintour because of perceived slights. After receiving only one ticket to the 2002 Vogue Fashion Awards, which he perceived as a snub, he became so angry that WWD fired him. At his 2007 trial, prosecutors introduced as evidence a journal he kept on his computer in which he stated his intention to kill her. In it he wrote, "She just never talked to peons like us" to justify his intended actions.
On one occasion, she has had to pay for her treatment of employees. In 2004, a court ruled that she and Shaffer were to pay $104,403, and Wintour herself an additional $32,639, to settle a lawsuit brought against them by the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. They had failed to pay the $140,000 judgement it incurred on behalf of a former employee injured on the job, who did not have the necessary insurance coverage.
In the 2000s, her relationship with Bryan was credited with softening her personality at work. "Even when she's in a bad mood, she has a different post
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