Alexa Chung

[mardyBum]

alexa to big star ......to be here

 

[caroulemapoule]

^What?

 

[DiamondSea]

DiamondSea...u know alexa?

No, I don't

 

[DiamondSea]

THE INSIDER: ALEXA CHUNG

The London invasion continues with a TV star hopping across the pond

You may have spotted Alexa Chung in NYLON’s March issue, but there’s more to the 24-year-old TV star then just her great outfits. After working as a London VJ for the past three years, she’s now traveling the world in search of good television, and you know what that means – you’ll see her in America super soon.

Here’s the lowdown on all things Alexa:

She grew up in the middle of nowhere.
I was born in the country, just outside London in Hampshire. It’s like lots of green fields… I really liked it up until the age of fourteen because all I did was ride horses. But then when I realized the world existed beyond horses, I was disappointed.

She’ll get your MySpace messages.
I guess VJs in America are a big deal, but in London… yeah, I’m on TV. So what? I have no “people,” I just have the Internet! I have to find everything out myself!

She’s annoyed by budding hipsters, too.
I had to DJ the other night at a 16-year-old’s birthday, so I spun a lot of Dr. Dre and stupid things that teenage girls like, like really bad new metal like Linkin Park… but this girl was so spoiled, she had CSS and the Klaxons playing live at her birthday! When I was sixteen, I had a tape player and like, musical chairs.

She knows what’s on your iTouch.
Black Lips, The Charelles (The Shirelles?!), XTC… those are what I like to listen to.

She thinks American girls have great style.
Seeing creative people all over the world is really nice because New York, Los Angeles, I mean, you guys inspire what girls in London wear, and then it becomes a cycle with us and you the teenagers in Paris… all the trends happen in unison now. It’s strange.

You may not know who she is, but you will…
I’m doing a TV show about fashion soon, it’s going to be like a fashion news program but for young people, more fun than what’s been done before. So I’m going all over the world to interview different designers, and I’ve already got an interview with Karl Lagerfeld lined up. They played the Ronettes on the Chanel runway last year, so I trust him!
FARAN KRENTCIL

nylon

 

[Navygreen]

She’s annoyed by budding hipsters, too.

Look who's talking.

 

[modela]

i dont think she will become big outside of the UK!

weird that we dont get more candidpics of her , you would think she would.

 

[picnmix]

Look who's talking.

That made me laugh too.

 

[laisla]

I wish she'd stope saying "like" before everything!

looking forward to this new fashion TV show she has lined up. Theres not a great deal of fashion on TV really.

 

[fairy]

Look who's talking.

my thoughts exactly

 

[princess_nikki]

Denim jacket by Loved For Longer £35, Waistcoat shirt by Junkie Styling £75, Skirt by Loved For Longer £65. All at Oxfam.

so is this 'loved for longer' brand stocked at all OXFAM stores?

 

[picnmix]

She’s annoyed by budding hipsters, too.
I had to DJ the other night at a 16-year-old’s birthday, so I spun a lot of Dr. Dre and stupid things that teenage girls like, like really bad new metal like Linkin Park… but this girl was so spoiled, she had CSS and the Klaxons playing live at her birthday! When I was sixteen, I had a tape player and like, musical chairs.

I actually couldn't stop thinking about this bit of the interview. I think that's a really rude way to talk about somebody who employed you. Calling them spoiled, when she was younger she had a pony!

 

[fairy]

so is this 'loved for longer' brand stocked at all OXFAM stores?

just at selected stores i think...

 

[Amywilliams]

I really cant see alexa being too big outside of the UK, as her humour is just so Birtish, I cant see too many americans 'getting' it!

 

[fairy]

well i dont get it either to be honest

 

[cette fille]

enough with all the alexa hating - please!

 

[Navygreen]

enough with all the alexa hating - please!

That's not hate, that's constructive criticism

 

[Amywilliams]

Yeh many of my friends don't get her humour, but I actually find her hilarious! I love her awkwardness and well..strangeness when she presents! Whenever she presents or interviews, it always seems so awkward, that it is so so interesting to watch, i love that!

 

[fairy]

i would find it hilarious and interesting if i didnt think it was so staged

 

[DiamondSea]

I actually couldn't stop thinking about this bit of the interview. I think that's a really rude way to talk about somebody who employed you. Calling them spoiled, when she was younger she had a pony!

While I personally wouldn't speak about it in an interview, her frankness made me laugh out loud Alexa did have a horse - she grew up in the countryside and has made no secret of the fact that she had a very middle-class upbringing. But Anna Abramovich's birthday was in a different league entirely, the venue alone cost £120,000...

I think she's witty (and likeable ) too, she's better than most young, female British tv prestenters. It's all subjective though, and we just go around in circles when this topic comes up...

ETA: In fairness to Alexa, she didn't make the comment about "hipsters" either...

 

[Florecita86]

I really cant see alexa being too big outside of the UK, as her humour is just so Birtish, I cant see too many americans 'getting' it!

I agree, most people over here that hate Alexa for that famous PATD interview, those fan-girls of Panic at the disco to be correct, did not get that she was being funny. I think she has a great sense of humor and all in all she seems cool. Most people will judge her but I could care less. I just wish people will keep their mean comments to themselves. If you do not like Alexa, then don't go on this tread!