Vera Wang: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Vera Wang said elsewhere, not written here

The desire to please. It’s a losing battle.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

Conflict aversion.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2024 source ↗

I have a child-like fear of being late. I’m a grown man, and I’m scared I’m going to the principal’s office.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗

Self-criticism.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2014 source ↗

Well, I’m always right.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗

Those who put others first.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗

Cruelty…no, maybe dishonesty or disingenuousness. All are equally deplorable.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗

Is there such a thing? I guess, for me, it’s really about life’s special moments, large and small.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 October 2020 source ↗

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