Top 35 Alexa Chung Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.”

— Alexa Chung

2. “Nobody goes through life without having their heart broken and one day you’ll wake up and it’ll be okay.”

— Alexa Chung

3. “I don’t ever want to stop learning. And I really want to learn French fluently. It would be great to go and live in France.”

— Alexa Chung

4. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

5. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

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

— Alexa Chung

7. “If I’m doing my hair myself, I just wash it and let it naturally dry. I’m actually quite good at doing hair; if I wear it up I usually do it myself.”

— Alexa Chung

8. “I think it’s cool that London Fashion Week is about young designers trying wacky things.”

— Alexa Chung

9. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

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

— Alexa Chung

11. “London Fashion Week is so different from any of the others. Compared to the strictness in New York, London seems freer from commercial constraints. Truer to the process, to street style, to a sense of humour.”

— Alexa Chung

12. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

13. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

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

— Alexa Chung

15. “It’s funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and elegant but I think, more than that, French women are renowned for dressing in what suits them.”

— Alexa Chung

16. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

17. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

18. “At school, a careers adviser asked me what I wanted to be, and I said ‘fashion journalist,’ so writing for ‘Vogue’ has provided me with the opportunity to fulfill a dream.”

— Alexa Chung

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

— Alexa Chung

20. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

21. “Thank you, Jane Birkin, for providing me with infinite outfit ideas and the confidence to dress like a boy but act like a girl.”

— Alexa Chung

22. “I would get very bored if I just did one thing.”

— Alexa Chung

23. “My father taught me how to draw horses – for this I shall be eternally grateful.”

— Alexa Chung

24. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

25. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

26. “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.”

— Alexa Chung

27. “I’ve got an allergy to looking too neat.”

— Alexa Chung

28. “I’m not preaching about things you should do, I’m not political or anything. I’m probably not the best role model.”

— Alexa Chung

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

— Alexa Chung

30. “I’m really interested in photography, like every other human being.”

— Alexa Chung

31. “I tend to splurge on fancy dresses because I always think I’ll get a lot of wear out of them, but it’s false logic. You should really spend more money on the things you wear every day, like jeans.”

— Alexa Chung

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

— Alexa Chung

33. “I worry all the time that I’m going to run out of ideas, you know? I always tell my mom my fashion ideas, because I know she’ll remember them.”

— Alexa Chung

34. “I’d love to interview Mick Jagger, but that might be scary.”

— Alexa Chung

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

— Alexa Chung

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

— Alexa Chung

37. “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.”

— Alexa Chung