“Dress like a pilgrim outside and a whore underneath”
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The Alexa Chungs of this world are a rarity. Poised, confident, clever and not afraid to be left-of-centre. How is it possible to be so self-assured at 24? I can only put it down to her country upbringing and too much fresh air. It’s no wonder that Elle Magazine put her on the cover of the October edition.
‘Refreshingly down-to-earth’ might be as clichéd as ‘a breath of fresh air’ but that is what Alexa is. She puts her fashion success down to her normality. She doesn’t so much style herself as just get dressed to go out, and her very lack of image consciousness has become her signature look.
“What is attractive or alluring is not necessarily how much flesh you bare, but how good your brain is, or how much charm you have” says the TV presenter.
The fact is that Alexa isn’t afraid to bare some skin. Her legs are model great and she knows it. But she is adept at proportion and balance: teeny shorts downplayed with androgynous lace-ups, a leather satchel, a cropped tuxedo jacket, minimal make-up and definitely no cleavage. (“I want to be on Radio 4 when I’m older talking about books, and I think if I get my tits out now I won’t be able to do that later.”)
Here’s a girl who contains the attention she gets through controlled dressing. She’ll mix up her references, never quite falling into type. A self-confessed tomboy and lover of all things French, the sex appeal is there, but the blatant va-va-voom she keeps under wraps.
“I think it’s more exciting to reveal less. Maybe wear layers of smocks and then have super-sexy underwear on. Dress like a pilgrim outside and a whore underneath.”
Please would someone at Radio 4 at least make Alexa the fashion correspondent?
