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Alexa Chung - I don't get it!!

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knowler · 31/05/2017 21:07

Alexa Chung has just released her first collection. £330 for a polo shirt!! I just don't get the adulation that she attracts. Yes, she's tall and skinny and generally looks ok in what she wears. But so do a lot of ppl. What am I missing?

collection here

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BandeauSally · 31/05/2017 21:09
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BandeauSally · 31/05/2017 21:11

Some of that stuff is quite nice but some is just hideous!! you get that all over the industry though. Not exclusive to AC.

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knowler · 31/05/2017 21:11

My point exactly, sally Grin

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BandeauSally · 31/05/2017 21:11
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knowler · 31/05/2017 21:12

But AC has always been held up as such an icon... and that's what I don't get. Why??!!

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RiseandGrind · 31/05/2017 21:15

I think it's the 'edge' thing, i.e. man repeller clothing. This is not someone I aspire to look like.

Alexa Chung - I don't get it!!
BandeauSally · 31/05/2017 21:15

Personally I think she looks mostly awful in her outfits. There is the odd winner but it is rare. It's a matter of opinion though isn't it. I don't see what others see in her style but if they're happy to pay over a grand for a silver sleeveless jacket then more power to them Grin

Vroomster · 31/05/2017 21:16

I have never understood the fuss about her.

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knowler · 31/05/2017 21:27

I was hoping someone was going to come on to make the case for Alexa!! Someone must see something that I don't!

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BigGreenOlives · 31/05/2017 21:32

She looks amazing in some of the head shots of her at my hairdressers.

mewkins · 31/05/2017 21:38

I think she looks fab. Don't particularly like those clothes she is trying to flog though. I am not entirely sure she would wear them herself.

Maudlinmaud · 31/05/2017 21:42

She has a look and style that appear to be very on trend. She looks cool and intelligent if that's even possible. Young women seem to love her. If I dressed like her I'd look like a bag lady so it's definitely not a look I could pull off.

bingohandjob · 31/05/2017 23:01

I'll give her one thing - she must have one hell of an agent.

ClementineWardrobe · 31/05/2017 23:03

I've never worked out what she does for a living, does anyone know? She's just sort of 'there'

BusterGonad · 01/06/2017 14:00

She can look amazing, she's a bit too slim imo though. Some of her clothes are beautiful, she's not boring in her choices, she gives anything a whirl regardless, she doesn't dress safe, for example Jenifer Aniston is very safe in her choices.
I actually love the bracelet with the hands on!
I'd love these 2 outfits she's wearing, they are beautiful.

Alexa Chung - I don't get it!!
Alexa Chung - I don't get it!!
Bombardier25966 · 01/06/2017 14:10

She looks pretty average to me. Now there's nothing wrong with average, but it's difficult to see what makes her some kind of icon.

nina2b · 01/06/2017 14:36

I think Alexa is just perfect as is her style. This image is not current but she looks amazing here. Love the mix of luxe and heavy:
ris.fashion.telegraph.co.uk/RichImageService.svc/imagecontent/1/TMG9100802/m/alexa-andrew-crowl_2148106a.jpg

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knowler · 01/06/2017 15:37

Not convinced by pics nina but obvs it's all a question of individual taste and style. I think my biggest difficulty tho is that there doesn't seem to be much behind the clothes... she's not an actor, on tv, that sort of thing. Maybe I'm just too old to appreciate her 'look' by itself.

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Reow · 01/06/2017 15:38

Her clothes are horrid. Even on a beanpole like her.

She needs a pie. Grumble grumble.

BusterGonad · 01/06/2017 15:49

I like the clothes she wears that are quite 60s but I'm not a fan of the mum jeans and 80s stuff.

TheHiphopopotamus · 01/06/2017 15:53

She used to present Popworld with someone called Alex something or other after Simon Amstel left and I actually quite liked her on that.

But, as someone upthread said, she doesn't actually seem to do anything these days (unless you count being a professional girlfriend, and turning up at the opening of an envelope or two).

I'm not sold on her style, if I'm honest. She looks like she doesn't brush her hair often enough and her clothes look like she's raided the jumble bag. I wish she'd gone on to be a proper presenter.

toffeeboffin · 01/06/2017 15:53

I guess she's so perfectly average that she's amazing?

I don't get it either.

Dulcimena · 01/06/2017 15:55

Ok, I'll bite. She started presenting on tv over 10 years ago, and has done so in different countries and formats. She was brilliant on Popworld in the mid 2000s for example. Before that she was a successful model and has since represented various high profile brands (Longchamp, springs to mind). She's written two books and for magazines and broadsheets, and of course she's now designing. I suspect the confusion about her arises because she's (I think) based in the States now and doesn't have a mainstream profile here.

Personally, I like her a lot, I thought she was smart and witty on Popworld, didn't take herself too seriously despite being the "model", and I get the impression she is in charge of her career. She doesn't try to be typically sexy and has more substance than some others - she's a great role model compared to some. Yes she's skinny but she's not stupid. But everyone's free to like her or not.