Is Alexa Chung a "fabulous British icon?"

[EachandEveryone]

As quoted by some style expert today. Is she? Really? She just looks like a hipster to me I didn't realise she'd change the fashion world. Mind you, I'm too old to appreciate the Pixies, Georgias and Caras so maybe I'm way off the mark. Do people follow Alexa's look? I guess they must do.

Disclaimer: I didn't buy the book, the articles reviewing it were enough.

As if she thinks she's this deadly serious journalist though.

Metallic oh bloody hell, is that really from her book?

Oh, I might have to "read" that. I glanced at it in Waterstone's once and there only seemed to be about 10 words per page. There must be copies in charity shops by now.

Maybe. She's a bit smug for my liking though. Her style is so I do fashion ok! Not flattering or timeless or sexy just fashion ok!!! Facially she's really pretty but her hair is just weird and I have never coveted any of her apparel

Alexa Chung wearing Per Una Speziale - cannot wait!

gunting unfortunately, it's real, directly quoted. Who talks like that? Who?!

Oh Metallic I can't thank you enough for that

I will be reading the book in smiths!

I've had to google some quotes from this book. Oh this will have me laughing for days. Thanks metallic. What is she on about?**

'Boys say they don't mind how you get your hair done. But then they leave you for someone with really great standard girl hair and the next thing you know you're alone with a masculine crop crying into your granola.'

Pesky standard girls and their standard hair

Thursday

Well, I know when me and the gals get together Brenda is a bugger for stripping off down to her 'Doreen' bra, and Janice loves to create mood lighting and sing Peter Andre songs.
Me? I'm not even part of that coffee morning, I'm sitting in my waterfall cardi, filling in the Take a Break competitions, being the best at what I do.

Beige yes but I bet you bought that carci in M & S unlike Alexa who only wears it when she is paid a fortunr.

Maybe I'm a bit light-headed from lack of sleep, but I am giggling helplessly at that MetallicBeige

Alexa and granola have not met, not in person anyway, within the last ten years at least.

Metallic

Dontlaugh I think she lives in a different world where she cries into granola and eats tissues.

No of course she isn't. I can be honest as I am not sucking up live in the real world.

I love you MetallicBeige

I love her hair and like her slightly grungy style. It's good that we have an antithesis to that awful Towie/Geordie Shore bouffanted hair extensions look.

I don't know wtf she actually does other than having her photo taken, while standing like a toddler, dressed in her mums big clothes, who needs a wee. All knock knees and faux coyness.

She doesn't have enough of a personality to be a chuffing icon.

She started off as a model before getting involved with TV. I think she is a naturally nice looking woman with a lovely figure and has her own style. She wears the clothes not the clothes wearing her which is where a lot of trendy people fail.

I like how she looks.

I warmed to her a lot when she was on Celebrity Bake Off. I know being surrounded by cakes isn't her natural environment but she had a nice dry humour and came across well.

I rarely like her clobber though.

If anybody is interested, my cardi was £12.99 in the sale. It's my favourite thing to potter around in, and just be me. Y'know?

MetallicBeige - I'd rather have a night out with Brenda and Janice than Alexa, Daisy and Florence any day of the week. They sound like a Beryl Cook painting come to life 😅.

Every article I read about hairstyles mentions Alexa's 'artfully tousled bob' and I'm always WTF? It looks like my hair when I've woken up after a restless night digesting a late curry.