New York Fashion Week SS 2016....Alexa

Alexa Chung, before A Show, NYC, September 2015.

Paris Fashion Week SS 2017....Alexa

The sublime Alexa Chung, before Miu Miu, Paris, October 2016.

This was the moment when I had a lovely opportunity to photograph Alexa (nobody had really noticed her yet) and my camera ran out of film....she was extremely kind and waited until I reloaded. But by then the moment was lost so these are the only images I have. The trials of shooting on film! Over the years I have had so many bloopers, frustrations and missed moments - I could write a book :) 

London Fashion Week AW 2012...Alexa

Alexa Chung, after Erdem, London, February 2012.

Another girl who always looks amazing, in an effortless, she hasn't spent an age in front of the mirror kind of way. And she is a talented writer as well. In the latest issue of British Vogue Alexa talks about giving her wardrobe an ethical makeover...a great read and I love the honest way she ends the article "I can't say I will be dressing head to toe in ethical fashion from now on, but I will be making a concerted effort to be more mindful of what I consume, and endeavour to look through what I already own before adding more. Who knows? One day, I might be able to see what my bedroom floor looks like again."*

All of the pieces she is wearing here (particularly that beautiful floral skirt and the coat...and those Celine silver wedges are pretty cute as well ;), would be pieces she could pass down to future generations....just like her grandmother did.

Recreate Alexa's Look (kind of):

Erdem Criona high-waisted mesh and raffia skirt or Erdem floral pencil skirt (love the front pockets in this skirt...it somehow makes it a little more relaxed) or Topshop watercolour slip skirt   

Karl metallic silver wedges

*British Vogue, page 190, April 2012







Paris Fashion Week SS 2012...Before Valentino: Alexa, Charlotte and Caroline

Girls in Red: Alexa Chung, Charlotte Dellal and Caroline Sieber before Valentino.

Summer Citrus and Flowers....On Eva, Alexa and Giovanna

Eva (in Paris) this season, Alexa at Louis Vuitton (last season), and Giovanna in Milan (last season). My fav is Eva's citrus print Stella McCartney skirt- it makes me happy :)

Running With The Fash Pack....Paris Fashion Week A/W 2010

Alexa Chung after the Louis Vuitton show. Alexa may I please borrow your delicious mulberry-coloured bag? And your shoes? And your jacket? (from the Spring 2010 collection). Actually, while we're at it, I might need to borrow your legs as well if I am to have any hope of pulling it all off!
p.s. I was assisting a photographer on a shoot with Alexa (I think it was for Lula magazine) the year before last, and she was absolutely lovely. Unfortunately I was mostly running around London the entire day returning bags of unwanted clothes from the shoot to agencies so I only got to see her being photographed right at the very end of the day (such is the glamorous life of an unpaid photographic assistant ;). I remember that it was super chilly though and I offered to get her a cardi and a cup of tea! Oh yeah, and I recall that the make-up artist (another Aussie girl) saying that her skin was so perfect that she hardly needed any make-up. *sigh*