Alexa Chung Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

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

DJing for people is fun until someone comes up with a phone screen that has 'PLAY SOME RIHANNA' written on it. I prefer to play older songs because they're the ones I personally enjoy dancing and singing along to and modern dance music bores my brains out.

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

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

The problem with heartbreak is that nobody can help you when you're heartbroken. Nobody and nothing. Not the films you watch alone desperately searching for a character who feels the way you do, not the glasses or bottles of whisky you keep by your bed and certainly not Instagram.

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

I think it's about time people stopped judging women on their appearance and more on their intellect. Like you can appreciate my style without having to appreciate my weight. It's not actually mutually exclusive. I just get frustrated because just because I exist in this shape doesn't mean that I'm like advocating it.

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 think it's every girl's dream, a little bit, to be a model because it seems from the outside to be a glamorous industry and I was really into fashion, and I remember just being excited and wanting to be part of that.

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

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 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.

When I was going to Paris for Paris Fashion Week, I'd often walk down the street and go into all the different shops that we didn't necessarily have in the UK and Maje was definitely one of the ones that stood out for me.

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

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.

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

On the same Australian trip, I brought back a pair [of Ugg] for my then boyfriend who was a photographer. He wore them all the time. He used to wear them with Levis twisted jeans and a vintage T-shirt. This is 2002. They looked great on him. I guess it takes a certain kind of man to pull them off but they have other ones that are less typical of this, I think.

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.

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.

I think because I do model for brands but it's never without input, ever. With AG I front their campaign, and obviously designed the collection for them. I did the same back in the day with Madewell. Even with Longchamp, there's a certain amount of collaboration on deciding on photographers and stuff like that. It's something that I'm accustomed to doing behind the scenes.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

I'm terrified of being bored and not learning.

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

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

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

I'm never going to be one of those people who is good at organization. But I'm very visual. I have a catalog in my head of things I already own, so it's easy to shop and I always know exactly what I'm looking for.

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.

I actually love...Well I love both of them [Paris Hilton or Britney Spears] but I really love Paris Hilton. I interviewed her once, she had a record coming out. She was DJing and promoting that. It was actually only a couple of years ago. She had her persona in tact when I was interviewing her and then after we broke she came for a cigarette with me and I just found it so... she's so intelligent and interesting and obviously is playing the game.

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

I would say probably Paris [Hilton]. Because to me that's her in character and she kind was always sort of winking at the camera. There was satire I think involved in what she was doing. I like to think there was.

Hair is so linked to how we feel and everyone goes for something radical after a break-up, but my advice if you've suffered heartbreak or you’ve broken up with someone is not to touch your hair. It's the first thing women do but you're not in a fit state to make long-term decisions. You'll have to spend four years growing it out. Buy a lipstick instead. Go and kiss loads of other people, but don't f***ing touch your hair.

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

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.

I've got an allergy to looking too neat.

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

Stick to the classics, and you can't ever go wrong. I see old ladies on the street who have fabulous style and realize it's because they are probably wearing really classic items that they've had for years and years. I think if you find something that suits you, you should just stick to it.