British
model and tv host Alexa Chung is known for her individual take on style.
Sourcing her inspiration from vintage stores and past icons, Alexa says she
often turns to the 60s as one of her most-loved fashion eras to search for
outfit ideas. She commented that she loved the outfits people wore back
then: "Ronettes?...I like their cat eyeliner. Sixties Tina Turner,
she looked amazing! That body. When she supported the Rolling Stones and she’s
got that gold mini-dress on.”
Alexa's
admits that her style hasn't always been impeccable and during the 90s she took
some of her inspiration from popstars at the time and also came up with her own
original look - pairing babydoll dresses over jeans - which she admits was a
random outfit choice: "The androgyny. Natalie Imbruglia in the 'Torn'
video. Didn’t she have on a dragon top, Maharishi combat trousers, and a navy
blue hoodie. Obviously I wanted that face and that haircut. Yeah I had the
baby doll dresses. I used to wear my baby doll over a pair of wide-leg jeans,
though, for some reason. I loved All Saints so much. I was in an All
Saints tribute band at school. I swear to God.”
Alexa
even says that she was once inspired by Britney Spears' style in her debut
music video 'Baby One More Time' and tried to copy the look: '"Britney
came out in 99 and early Britney is cool. I wore that to school, like, I had a
school uniform: knee socks and Mary Janes, hitched my skirt up and weird fluffy
things in my hair. I tried to do that a lot, sitting at my desk. So, thanks
Britney. The only time I’ve been vaguely sexy.”
