NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Alexa Chung attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Style” at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 02, 2022 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photos for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Alexa Chung is a type of OG twenty first century ‘It’ women whose outfits stay etched behind our minds and proceed to encourage us.
From her beginnings as a scouted mannequin and her first presenting job on the UK’s Popworld in 2006 to having her personal clothes line and being a fixture on glamorous crimson carpets like the Met Gala, Chung has lived many lives. And but, due to our perennial infatuation along with her youthful fashion, she’s nonetheless the ageless expertise carrying socks with heels and beaten-up leather-based satchels in our eyes.
Even in 2023, when microtrends and TikTok aesthetics dominate our fickle moodboards, the British icon stays true to her style. And as we’re attempting to get round low-slung denims and velvet tracksuits once more, her presence will all the time be a welcome palette cleanser. All through her time on our radar, a spotlight of her fashion has been an inimitable knack for mixing and matching. Pairing luxurious items like classic Chanel bags and Manolo Blahnik pumps with high-street items and classic denim, to clashing prints and layering delicate florals with grungey leathers and sneakers, she’s genuinely the GOAT of up to date ‘It’ women.
Furthermore, Chung has achieved one thing fairly particular along with her style selections: cultivating a definite personal style, all of the whereas maintaining us on our toes with seems to be which are as enjoyable to have a look at as they’re to mimic.
As she turns 40 this month, we have a good time her impression by monitoring a few of her most iconic seems to be (that we’re positive you’ll keep in mind), in addition to how her fashion has developed over time. Scroll on to relive all of it.
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 16: Tv persona Alexa Chung walks by means of Bryant Park on September 16, 2009 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Ray Tamarra/Getty Photos)NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 23: TV persona Alexa Chung attends the thirty seventh Worldwide Emmy Awards gala> on the New York Hilton and Towers on November 23, 2009 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Mike Coppola/FilmMagic)LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 20: Alexa Chung poses on the entrance row on the Home Of Holland present for London Style Week Autumn/Winter 2010 at Bloomsbury Ballroom on February 20, 2010 in London, England. (Photograph by Danny Martindale/WireImage)PARIS – MARCH 09: Alexa Chung attends the Chanel Able to Put on present as a part of the Paris Womenswear Style Week Fall/Winter 2011 at Grand Palais on March 9, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Francois G. Durand/FilmMagic)NEW YORK – APRIL 14: Alexa Chung attends the LOFT launch of Model Studio at The Bowery Resort on April 14, 2010 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)NEW YORK – APRIL 30: Alexa Chung attends Artwork of Elysium “Shiny Lights” with VERSUS by Donatella Versace and Christopher Kane at Milk Studios on April 30, 2010 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Andrew H. Walker/WireImage for VERSUS)NEW YORK – MAY 03: TV Persona Alexa Chung attends the Costume Institute Gala Profit to have a good time the opening of the “American Lady: Fashioning a Nationwide Identification” exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 3, 2010 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Photos)NEW YORK – JUNE 17: TV persona Alexa Chung attends the YSL Belle D’Opium perfume launch at The YSL Stage on June 17, 2010 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Jason Kempin/Getty Photos)GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 25: Alexa Chung is seen backstage at Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2010 in Glastonbury, England. This 12 months sees the fortieth anniversary of the Competition, which was began by dairy farmer Michael Eavis in 1970 and has grown into the most important music pageant in Europe. (Photograph by Claire Greenway/Getty Photos)TV persona Alexa Chung attends the Mulberry LA Pool Occasion Bash celebrating the A/W 2010 Assortment at Chateau Marmont on July 20, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 21: Alexa Chung is seen in East Village on June 21, 2014 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Alo Ceballos/GC Photos)GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 29: Alexa Chung attends the Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm on June 29, 2014 in Glastonbury, England. (Photograph by Danny Martindale/GC Photos)NEW YORK, NY – JULY 15: Alexa Chung is seen on July 15, 2012 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by David Krieger/Bauer-Griffin/GC Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 19: Alexa Chung attends the launch of W Beijing – Chang’an, at Wyld on February 19, 2015 in London, England. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Getty Photos for W Beijing – Chang’an)LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 02: Alexa Chung arrives at The Serpentine Gallery summer season social gathering at The Serpentine Gallery on July 2, 2015 in London, England. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos for The Serpentine Gallery)NEW YORK, NY – MAY 01: Alexa Chung attends the 2014 Future Of Style Runway Present at The Style Institute of Expertise on Could 1, 2014 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Michael N. Todaro/WireImage)LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 04: Alexa Chung attends the Royal Academy Summer season Exhibition Preview Occasion at Royal Academy of Arts on June 4, 2014 in London, England. (Photograph by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 05: Alexa Chung attends the European premiere of “The Legend Of Tarzan” at Odeon Leicester Sq. on July 5, 2016 in London, England. (Photograph by Jeff Spicer/Getty Photos)NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 13: Alexa Chung is seen on September 13, 2016 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Gardiner Anderson/Bauer-Griffin/GC Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 30: Alexa Chung attends the ALEXACHUNG London Launch & Summer season 17 Assortment Reveal on the Danish Church of Saint Katharine on Could 30, 2017 in London, England. (Photograph by David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos for ALEXACHUNG)LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 04: Alexa Chung attends The Style Awards 2017 in partnership with Swarovski at Royal Albert Corridor on December 4, 2017 in London, England. (Photograph by Karwai Tang/WireImage)NEW YORK, NY – MAY 07: Alexa Chung attends the Heavenly Our bodies: Style & The Catholic Creativeness Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 7, 2018 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Frazer Harrison/FilmMagic)CHANTILLY, FRANCE – MAY 25: Alexa Chung attends the Christian Dior Couture S/S19 Cruise Assortment on Could 25, 2018 in Chantilly, France. (Photograph by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Photos For Dior)PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 04: Alexa Chung attends the Chanel Able to Put on Spring / Summer season 2012 present throughout Paris Style Week at Grand Palais on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Photos)PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 05: Alexa Chung arrives for the Miu Miu Able to Put on Spring / Summer season 2012 present throughout Paris Style Week on October 5, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Trago/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 13: Alexa Chung arrives on the ELLE Model Awards at The Savoy Resort on February 13, 2012 in London, England. (Photograph by Dave M. Benett/Getty Photos)BICESTER, ENGLAND – MARCH 21: Alexa Chung hosts the Bicester Village British Designers Collective launch on March 21, 2012 in Bicester, England. (Photograph by Dave M. Benett/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 28: Alexa Chung attends the Isa Arfen Spring/Summer season 2019 assortment launch at San Lorenzo on November 28, 2018 in London, England. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos )LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 18: Erdem throughout London Style Week February 2019 on February 18, 2019 in London, England. (Photograph by Christian Vierig/Getty Photos)PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 04: Alexa Chung attends the Stella McCartney present as a part of the Paris Style Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on March 04, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Photos)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 06: Alexa Chung attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Style at Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 06, 2019 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Neilson Barnard/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 04: Alexa Chung attends the Royal Academy of Arts Summer season exhibition preview at Royal Academy of Arts on June 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photograph by Karwai Tang/WireImage)GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 28: Alexa Chung is seen on day one of many Glastonbury Competition on June 28, 2019 in Glastonbury, England. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos)PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 27: Celine Womenswear Spring/Summer season 2020 present as a part of Paris Style Week on September 27, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos)PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 30: The Enterprise Of Style Celebrates The #BoF500 2019 at Resort de Ville on September 30, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Dominique Charriau/WireImage)PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 01: Alexa Chung attends the Miu Miu Womenswear Spring/Summer season 2020 present as a part of Paris Style Week on October 01, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Pierre Suu/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 16: Alexa Chung throughout London Style Week Fall Winter 2020 on February 16, 2020 in London, England. (Photograph by Edward Berthelot/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 17: Erdem at Nationwide Portrait Gallery throughout LFW February 2020 on February 17, 2020 in London, England. (Photograph by Neil Mockford/GC Photos)PARIS, FRANCE – FEBRUARY 25: Paris Style Week – Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 : Day Two on February 25, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Christian Vierig/Getty Photos)PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 01: Valentino present as a part of the Paris Style Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 01, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Photos)GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 24: Alexa Chung is seen on day one of many pageant carrying her classic Barbour jacket on June 24, 2022 in Glastonbury, England. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 04: British Vogue ‘Forces For Change’ dinner hosted by Edward Enninful and Vanessa Kingori at The Londoner Resort on December 4, 2022 in London, England. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 19: ERDEM entrance row throughout London Style Week February 2023 at Sadler’s Wells Theatre on February 19, 2023 in London, England. (Photograph by Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 19: Excellent Journal Occasion throughout London Style Week September 2021 on September 19, 2021 in London, England. (Photograph by Neil Mockford / Ricky Vigil M/GC Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 29: Alexa Chung attends The Style Awards 2021 on the Royal Albert Corridor on November 29, 2021 in London, England. (Photograph by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 01: Alexa Chung attends the Shrimps ‘Shrimpsmas’ Occasion at The George on December 01, 2021 in London, England. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos )LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 08: Alexa Chung attends ‘The Fendi Set’ e book launch occasion on the Royal Academy of Arts on February 08, 2022 in London, England. (Photograph by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Photos for FENDI)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Alexa Chung attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Style” at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 02, 2022 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by John Shearer/Getty Photos)PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 29: Isabel Marant Womenswear Spring/Summer season 2023 present as a part of Paris Style Week on September 29, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Pierre Suu/Getty Photos)LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 05: The Style Awards 2022 on the Royal Albert Corridor on December 05, 2022 in London, England. (Photograph by Gareth Cattermole/BFC/Getty Photos for BFC)LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 20: Tommy x Shawn: The “Classics Reborn” International Activation VIP dinner at The Home Of KOKO on March 20, 2023 in London, England. (Photograph by Dave Benett/Getty Photos for Tommy Hilfiger)LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 20: Nationwide Portrait Gallery Re-Opening on June 20, 2023 in London, England. (Photograph by Karwai Tang/WireImage)