Quotes from Alexa Chung


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London Fashion Week is so different from any of the others. Compared to the strictness in New York, London seems freer from commercial constraints. Truer to the process, to street style, to a sense of humour.


I'm not 100% nice all the time, so I find it quite hard to be really pleasant.


I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.


I'm really interested in photography, like every other human being.


If my boyfriend finds me sexy, then I don't need that kind of male attention from anyone else.


My dad cut my hair once - I wanted a bob and he gave me a bowl cut. That was a tough few years.


My father taught me how to draw horses - for this I shall be eternally grateful.


I tend to splurge on fancy dresses because I always think I'll get a lot of wear out of them, but it's false logic. You should really spend more money on the things you wear every day, like jeans.


It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and elegant but I think, more than that, French women are renowned for dressing in what suits them.


I think it's cool that London Fashion Week is about young designers trying wacky things.


I don't ever want to stop learning. And I really want to learn French fluently. It would be great to go and live in France.


I mix my own lipsticks, so I don't really keep track of the brand as it's usually a number of them I've smushed together.


If I'm doing my hair myself, I just wash it and let it naturally dry. I'm actually quite good at doing hair; if I wear it up I usually do it myself.


At school, a careers adviser asked me what I wanted to be, and I said 'fashion journalist,' so writing for 'Vogue' has provided me with the opportunity to fulfill a dream.


I worry all the time that I'm going to run out of ideas, you know? I always tell my mom my fashion ideas, because I know she'll remember them.


I think Maje typifies that French vibe where it's simple items that are very practical, very wearable but also, like, incredibly chic and expensive-looking.


I've come to terms with the fact that if you're on TV, lots of people like you and lots of people hate you, and once you're OK with that, you apply it to everything.


When I was a model, I started with an opinion, but was encouraged to lose it. It began as play-acting, but then I lost sight of myself a bit: so when I did the audition for 'Popworld' and they asked my opinion, I felt like crying with happiness.


I'm interested in aesthetics, in the way things look, in finding something in an image that maybe people haven't seen.


Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.