As close as Talley and Wintour were, “the relationship has eroded into nothing” and Talley said he is “very hurt by that.”
André Leon Talley’s new book won’t be out until September, but many are already feasting on the fallout he had with his former Vogue boss Anna Wintour.
As for what Wintour might find most hurtful, Talley said, “If I had said to her, she’s vain. She’s not vain. But she’s very occupied with her looks. I don’t know. I didn’t write the story, thinking, ‘How can I hurt Anna Wintour?’ That was not my intention.
From his view, the doors for communication were shut down by Wintour after she read the galley in January. Any e-mails sent to the Condé Nast leader are answered by a third party. “I wish her well. This book is not there to say, ‘This is how I feel about Anna Wintour — she’s cruel and mean.’ I just feel that Anna Wintour mishandled our relationship and perhaps it was a lack of communication on my part as well as hers.
Talley described Wintour as a woman of very few words, and “sphinx-like silence.” He dismissed the suggestion that the environment he portrayed is indicative of corporate America. “No, I think the world of Vogue is a unique culture. I think the world of publishing is unique. I have worked at other places like Women’s Wear Daily, and I worked with Andy Warhol. I never had that kind of experience…It’s a culture that was engrained in the issue. This is the way things were handled.
Had the tables been turned and Wintour had written a book, Talley said he would not have reacted as Wintour has. “Yes, I would have been upset if I were in her shoes. I would be hurt. But I would call out to say, ‘Why did you do this or what did I do wrong?’ I would have apologized I didn’t know that I behaved…I would have tried to reach some sort of resolution.”
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