Alexa Chung Quotes

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

Clothes are about manipulations: how I feel, how I want to feel and how I want others to feel about me.

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

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

I'm terrified of being bored and not learning.

Looking effortless takes a lot of effort. When I get new Converse I dedicate some time at home to shoving mud on them so they don't look squeaky clean.

Thank you, Jane Birkin, for providing me with infinite outfit ideas and the confidence to dress like a boy but act like a girl.

Looking effortless takes a lot of effort.

The idea of giving someone something that I got, that makes me feel sad.

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

I do date quite small men. And one large man! Just one.

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.

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

Listen, the idea that I might be a fashion soothsayer is very flattering but completely inaccurate.

I would get very bored if I just did one thing.

I don't like it when people don't know the difference between their, they're, there.

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

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.

Nobody goes through life without having their heart broken and one day you'll wake up and it'll be okay.

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

I prefer using cream-based products on my skin. I love having that summery dewy skin - I like using cream blushers as well.

I was at school when Britney Spears' 'Baby One More Time' came out. I changed my uniform to look like hers. I just looked slutty after that, so thank you, Britney.

I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.

I get a lot of fashion gifts, but rarely do I get something that's just fun.

I didn't mean to be a TV presenter, I just hated modeling. It feels very odd that it's turned into this 'It-girl' thing. What does that even mean? I wear clothes and I go out. It's so weird.

It was genuinely horrible. I stopped using Twitter for a while because I got so much s**t about being anorexic. And Im not.

People get intimidated because they think I have everything, but it's just not true.

My look is pretty low maintenance, I have a great team around me for hair and make-up, and they have also taught me some great tricks over the years for when I'm doing my own.

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

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.

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

I'd love to interview Mick Jagger, but that might be scary.

I didn't moisturise when I was younger, but when I got to 27 I decided to start slathering myself in oil, and now I'm obsessed with moisturising.

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.

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 can never say a line someone else has given me, which is why script meetings on TV shows always go terribly for me.

I'm very selfish! I'm only thinking about how I would look in clothes, and not how we as a society might appear in those clothes.

I think there's more room for different representations of women within fashion imagery.

I think as I get older that's an area that I'd like to explore more. Going from being in front of the lens to behind it.

My mother isn't particularly vain. Growing up with a parent who put emphasis on personality over looks was important.

I think the challenges that come with the responsibility of art directing something is something that appeals to me.

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.

I hate online bullying. Those little comment boxes can brim with the most vicious, acidic, and pointless remarks.

My relationship with sartorial news is only what I like.

I've got an allergy to looking too neat.

The chihuahua and the pink velour track suit. I think it's kind of an iconic look.

I really like action movies. The 'Die Hard' franchise. And the 'Bourne' movies.

I always write 'Magic Potion' on my perfume bottles so when I use them, it feels magical - I make spells in the morning when I put them on.