Alexa Chung’s quintessentially British style has earned her a reputation as British It Girl and international style icon. Her cool, London-girl style has caught the attention of numerous fashion designers including Karl Lagerfeld, Mulberry’s Emma Hill and, more recently, Californian label AG Jeans. The presenter, writer, model and muse is a favourite on the fashion week front rows and brushes shoulders with the fashion elite. In this gallery we take a look at the top 10 facts about Alexa Chung, including her career and style highlights.
10 things you didn’t know about model, presenter and British It Girl Alexa Chung
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Alexa Chung was born in Privett, Hampshire, to a Chinese-English graphic designer father and an English mother. She has three other siblings
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She started her television career in 2006 on Channel 4’s PopWorld. Since then she has appeared on many other hit TV shows in the UK as well as in New York
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Mulberry’s creative director Emma Hill designed the Alexa after spotting her carrying the men’s Elkington briefcase. One part Elkington and one part Bayswater, it has been seen on many celebrities and fashion lovers since
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Synonymous with British style and covetable 90s cool, Alexa Chung’s signature look is one of the most copied. Key wardrobe pieces include cashmere jumpers, Breton tops, Chelsea boots, dungarees and a Burberry trench coat
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She has appeared on the cover of Vogue four times and is now a contributing editor. She has recently confirmed she is making a docu-series with the Vogue website
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She has collaborated with many impressive fashion and beauty brands, including Eyeko, AG Jeans, Superga, Longchamp and Nails Inc
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Alexa currently has 1.8 million followers on Instagram where she often posts pictures of her close friends and fellow fashion icons Henry Holland, Pixie Geldof, Nick Grimshaw and Poppy Delevingne
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Alexa Chung published her first book in 2013. Called It, the book was a collection of stories, doodles, photographs and style inspirations
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She was scouted at the age of 16 by Storm Model Management at the Reading Festival
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She was accepted on to a degree course to read English at King’s College, London, but turned it down to follow her television career
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