Bella Hadid's Memorable British Vogue June 2025 Interview with Giles Hattersley AOC Fashion

Giles Hattersley is one of the best interviewers worldwide. Hands down. On his IG, Hattersley describes himself as an Executive Editor at British Vogue + Global Network Lead. Vogue calls him the features director of British Vogue.

I’ve read the Bella Hadid interview four times, and the man is a supremely-gifted journalist, quick-witted, and a saint of a human empath.

Hattersley describes Bella as “One of the kindest, truest, most complex, pure-hearted souls one could ever wish to spend time with. To say nothing of being THE model of the decade. An honour to interview brilliant Bella for June.”

In her British Vogue cover interview and fashion shoot, Bella is styled by IB Kamara in chain-mail from Etro and Balmain and embellished tulle from Dolce & Gabbana. Her silk crepe cover dress is Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. High jewelry comes from Chopard — for whom Bella is a global ambassador. Earrings and super bangles are from Alexis Bittar.

Clearly, Bella Hadid and photographer Steven Meisel [IG] have excellent chemistry. / Makeup by Pat McGrath; hair by Guido

British Vogue’s IG descriptor of Bella also resonates. Bella Hadid “gives a riveting glimpse into her complex inner self.”

It’s an indisputable fact that a peculiarity of constitution or temperament surrounds the process of interviewing Bella Hadid. She is an idiosyncratic human being, which is not a negative comment.

Hadid is memorable in an awesome sort of way. TikTok has ruined the word ‘awesome’, just as AI has ruined ‘captivating’, which I would also use because it’s true when Bella is in the room.

The super femme stresses that her health remains majorly challenged some days, due to Lyme disease. I thought she was vastly improved after that major blood transfusion process, but not so.

Bella’s interview may be the only time that I became really angry over what someone said in an interview. That anger at Bella has not subsided — although I’ve tried to make excuses for her “outrageously-stupid” comments about working women and her going to Washington to speak with the Trump Administration about her views.

Anne thinks Bella is terrific, beautiful, talented, earnest.

Nevertheless, she really stepped in it with me.

I remain very unsettled by this interview, which I sat on for four days last week, with extreme concern for this wonderful, uber-talented, woman named Bella Hadid.

It took me back decades to the loss of a very close friend who was a manic-depressive. I tried my best to save her from herself, as did her family. We failed. ~ Anne