Alexa Chung

[gossiping]

i'm surprised this wasn't posted yet but alexa was in style.com's "a year in fashion" list

style.com

Because It Girls Spring Eternal
The good thing about It girls is that just as you're getting sick of one, another pops up in her place. And while America has done its bit in the service of It over the years—exporting Tinsley Mortimer's brand of platinum cutesiness to Japan, for example—it was Little Britain that took up the cause this year. Alice Dellal, Alexa Chung, and the Geldofs, Peaches and Pixie, all put a scruffed-up English accent on the phenomenon in 2008. And while it's easy to sneer at these fun-loving lasses, they selflessly fill a vital role in society: persuading us working stiffs that a life of nonstop partying must be a shallow, empty existence.

 

[fairy]

i just went through the last 60 pages of this thread and now im kinda disappointed because her outfit were quite boring lately...she looks great though

 

[Chansons D'Amour]

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[Kamelot]

I've watched her show a while back, didn't even know she had a thread here.

 

[saturdaysgirl]

WOW the pics in post 5648 and 5645 are amazing and I've never seen them before. The others are reposts. But esp the first one, she looks beautiful in it.
Thank you thank you thank you Chansons D'Amour! Spectacular searching!
I also love the one of her with the dog. It's cute.

 

[AnalogBubblebath]

There is a quite similar leopard coat like Alexa's on ebay.co.uk; 290284461812 fyi.

 

[gossiping]

the louise goldin dress from her nylon guys shoot is here

http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/s..._category_rn=61561&productId=884102&langId=-1

on sale!

 

[natalea52]

Alexa Chung: 'As the youngest of my family, I think it's safe to say I'm the brat'


Girl About Town
Wednesday, 24 December 2008

I traipsed around the West End yesterday in pre-going away clothes: the ones you wear the days before you fly away because all your good things are about to be thrown into a suitcase. These are the clothes I'm sitting in now: musty, dank, unloved and unloving in return. It's always when I'm wallowing in the dresses of yesteryear, hair unwashed, face un-made up, that I bump into somebody I know, or, worse still, am spotted by somebody I don't know. I hear "was that Alexa Chung?" Or rather: "I think that's the girl from T4."

The reason for my dreary appearance is that I have had to pack for a trip to Australia. I've been forced to haul my suitcase full of goodies with me to my parent's house in Hampshire, ready for my departure straight from here in a few days time.
Waterloo to Privett is a boring journey. Not quite long enough to get involved in a book, too long to sit alone with my thoughts. I would drive if I could but I can't.
I did once try and pass my test but I failed. I like to think this wasn't so much my fault, but more the fault of a tardy driving instructor resulting in me getting to my test five minutes late, resulting in the man testing me telling me I couldn't take said test, resulting in me calling him a moron.
When I finally did get to take the test a few weeks later it was that same moron who failed me because of "undue hesitation", which I took to mean he was still angry that I didn't fail to hesitate when insulting him the first time round.
Today when I arrived at the train station I was glad to have somebody to save me from the crippling weight of Christmas presents vs a two-week-holiday sized suitcase. I was also relieved that the rigmarole of preparation was over once more. I seem to spend my life extracting, washing and repacking the same Sonic Youth T-shirt over and over again. Maybe that's my punishment for only really liking about four of their songs. I'm basically as bad as the losers that walk around in those Ramones T-shirts from Urban Outfitters without even having had the decency to Wikipedia them.
There will forever be at least two large bags obstructing the hallway. I'm either taking a few outfits along for filming or bringing things to a photo shoot or travelling. This means I'm usually fruitlessly searching for items I've left somewhere.
This week I appear to have misplaced my black Chanel pumps, some Tom Ford sunglasses and pretty much everything I ever bought from Topshop. The ballet pumps are particularly baffling as I wear them every day and can't recall walking around shoeless at any point. It's OK, though, because for every item I lose I seem to get given something bizarre to fill its space.
Sometimes, though,I get sent something I love. This week I was over the moon to receive a pair of black wellies and a bottle of whisky. This means I can drunkenly stalk my way around a muddy field in Hampshire, surely the perfect way to spend Christmas Day.
The reality is, however, that I'll probably spend the big day squabbling over Trivial Pursuit and trying not to throw pieces of the "cheese" at my brother's head. It's funny how the family hierarchy slots back into place almost immediately. As the youngest of six I think it's fair to say I'm the brat. I'm the one who asked for a pony/ was fussy about eating meat/ always demanded attention.
This situation is polarised at Christmas time when I get to have separate gravy. If you too are vegetarian, don't be bullied by the meat eaters; don't let them wear you down. You too can have your very own gravy. Why stand for a dry Christmas dinner? After all, not only is Christmas a time for giving, it's a time for getting what you want too.

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinio...hink-its-safe-to-say-im-the-brat-1209986.html

 

[natalea52]

Alexa Chung frightens the A-listers



"I want to look menacing," TV presenter and style icon Alexa Chung told supermodel Jade Parfitt at the Browns Focus Halloween Party - held at the perfect party venue, Soho's spooky House of St Barnabas. "I want to see children cry," she said of her eerily convincing 'dead' Marie Antoinette costume - complete with the palest complexion and chillingly realistic slit throat, courtesy of MAC. Be afraid as VogueTV's Jade Parfitt goes inside the Hell mouth, speaking with almost unrecognisable A-listers Henry Holland (Beetlejuice), Daisy Lowe and illustrator Daisy de Villeneuve.




http://www.vogue.co.uk/video/voguetv/player.aspx/exclusive-footage/Id,1245/

 

[acertainpain]

That Vogue article is... confusing me, I dunno why.
But her column was good this time.

 

[DiamondSea]

does anyone have the nylon shoot pics? or have i missed them??

The Nylon Guys shoot was posted here and the US Vogue picture was posted here.

 

[DiamondSea]

 

[DiamondSea]

getty, elle uk, celebutopia, flickr, handbag, skyshowbiz, mrpaparazzi, findphotobox, belga, londonpaper

 

[classicalbang]

^ Thanks for those.

I'm surprised she doesn't really like Sonic Youth. Not so much because she wears one of their t-shirts, but I mean, how can you not like Sonic Youth?