We asked Alexa Chung to revisit some of her earlier fashion looks, tell us the stories and memories behind the outfits, and answer the question, "Would You Wear It Now?"
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00:00I don't know why we're playing this game because quite clearly I think that I have never done
00:09a bad outfit.
00:10So, I mean, I feel like the answer is going to be yeah, but let's see.
00:15Oh, God, guys.
00:17I take it back.
00:21Oh, man.
00:23So this is an outfit, wow, I'm really getting all the brands in.
00:26So I'm actually at a Topshop show in London Fashion Week.
00:30I'm very proud of my tan.
00:32I think I just come back from Spain.
00:34That's the beauty of a September London moment is that you tend to look the most well you
00:39could look.
00:40March or like end of Feb Paris being the worst you can possibly look.
00:44Anyway, I'm wearing a Topshop leopard print skirt, a Topshop unique roll neck jumper,
00:49sweater is what you call those, Prada shoes and a Chanel milk handbag and for some reason
00:55I've got pigtails.
00:56Yeah.
00:57So that's that.
00:58I don't mind.
00:59I mean, at least the silhouettes true to my vibe, which is mini skirt, roll neck, bits
01:04and bobs for that shoe.
01:06And quite often I'm just problem solving.
01:08So if you attend a show, it's kind of rude to not wear the designer.
01:12So this was Topshop and I picked a couple of things.
01:15Do they go together?
01:16Not necessarily, but I'm just ticking it off.
01:19Would I wear this now?
01:24I don't hate it.
01:26It's just not like right now.
01:29Yes.
01:31Yes.
01:34So Glastonbury Music Festival is a thing that happens in the south of England every year.
01:40It's actually a kind of pagan ancient site where the ley lines are such that humans have
01:45been gathering there since Druid times.
01:48And now it's the place of a music festival, which this is obviously a very arid year,
01:53which is very, very rare.
01:55It's usually covered in mud.
01:56It's where you see those photographs of crazy people, like using tents as a boat because
02:01it's usually flooded.
02:02Glastonbury style, actually something that I like about it is that it's a very wonderful
02:07festival where for the whole weekend, no one judges anyone.
02:10It's like this weird British utopia.
02:13And actually what you have on matters none.
02:16That said, obviously we all got savvy to the idea that there's paps in a certain area of
02:20Glastonbury.
02:21So if you're ever going to walk through that area, even with your worst hangover, bing,
02:25bing, bing, you have to be dressed to impress.
02:29The sunglasses are purely because I don't know what direction my eyes are moving in.
02:33I'm not ashamed to admit that after a few seasons of going to Glastonbury, I started
02:36bringing a hair tong with me because I was like, I don't want flat hair.
02:41I'm going to do my hair every time I leave this Winnebago.
02:43Also I'm like in a luxury position whereby I've never actually camped there.
02:46I'm in like a glamping area.
02:49This denim jacket is from this AG collaboration that I did.
02:53The ubiquitous wellies, which I'm not allowed to say the brand of because I now work with
02:57Barber, but we all know those ones.
03:00And a Bella Freud sparkly mini dress, which I would still wear.
03:03Honestly, I was just ripping off Kate Mosca's one year.
03:06She wore a silver like thing and she looked so good.
03:10And I thought being in a field and having the audacity to wear silver like a disco nighttime
03:14look is hilarious.
03:15That's that.
03:16Would I put it on?
03:17Fuck yeah.
03:19Oh, there's loads of them.
03:21This is a roundup from 2011 in Who What Wear.
03:24Thanks guys for always being there for me.
03:26We're now in 2020 and I'm pleased I'm still rocking a gladiator sandal.
03:31I mean, this is amazing.
03:32I still have that coat.
03:33It's like a Mohair Charles Anastas coat.
03:36These Chanel boots I wore so much and then I lost one of them.
03:40So I've got one and not the other.
03:42If anyone's seen this missing boot, I'd gladly have it back.
03:46Denim cut off shorts.
03:47I see that Leandra actually of Man Repeller fame has started wearing again black tights
03:52with jean shorts over it.
03:53So I think we're okay to wear that again.
03:56But I would like to say that that was a look that I was very fond of at the time.
04:00This is to a CFDA thing.
04:02Again, like the boots are back, aren't they?
04:05Never want to change a shoe.
04:07That was a vintage like Victorian dress, which I really liked.
04:10I like that look.
04:11Louis Vuitton purse.
04:12Don't know what this is.
04:13That was outside of MTV.
04:14I used to do a daily talk show called It's On with Alexa Chung.
04:18I remember it well.
04:19You can see the terror in my eyes.
04:21No, that's bad.
04:24This also bad.
04:25Good items separately, but just terrible together.
04:28Vintage dress, active jacket, Chanel boots, Marnie bag.
04:34The Alexa Mulberry bag.
04:37Remember that?
04:39To clarify, I didn't design it.
04:40They just named it after me.
04:41I like this look.
04:42Sports and a blazer and the Chanel boots again.
04:44Wow, I really loved an ankle boot and I really used to wear them until they died.
04:48I saw only Chanel boots, but I wore them to aforementioned Glastonbury.
04:51Now, they're covered in mud since 2012 and I've not actually cleaned them.
04:56Yeah, no regrets.
04:57Just this one's a bit pedestrian, but other than that, fine.
05:01Hmm.
05:02Interessant.
05:03You know, it's really funny that you bring this one up because this coat the other day,
05:08because I'm going through all my clothes and figuring out what to get rid of, la, la, la,
05:11and this coat is in there and I'm kind of reluctant to get rid of it, but then at the
05:15same time, when would I ever wear it again?
05:17It's a dragonfly leather Marc Jacobs coat and some Prada boots and some really skinny
05:24jeans.
05:25Oh, womp.
05:26And these glasses, let's face it, just don't suit me.
05:28That said, like, whatever.
05:29I don't think it's that bad a look.
05:31This is great.
05:32This is very therapeutic because now I know I will get rid of this coat.
05:35Nice at the time, but it's a one-stop shop, isn't it?
05:38You don't need...
05:39I'm never going to wear that again.
05:42Oh, guys, I...
05:47This is great.
05:48The weekend before, I had opened up both knees on Runyon Canyon, falling over, leaning into
05:56the fall to make everyone laugh, and then I literally, like, lost most of my skin.
06:00It was disgusting.
06:01This is a Stella McCartney jumpsuit.
06:03Still love it.
06:04Celine glasses.
06:05Boom.
06:06This is a snake print bag.
06:07Marnie necklace.
06:08Castella espadrilles.
06:09It's great.
06:10I love it.
06:12I'd just been surfing as well, which was...
06:14That's the little look on my face.
06:15It's like, I surf.
06:17My boyfriend at the time could surf, took me out to Montauk, put me on a board, and
06:22immediately regretted it.
06:23And here I am carrying my lamp home.
06:26Cute, from Future Perfect.
06:28I think that's cute.
06:29That's nice to put that much effort into a random Sunday.
06:32Well done, moi.
06:33I mean, here I am with Karl at a Chanel fashion show.
06:43It was the one with the icebergs.
06:45That's why I've got my camera in my hand, which is a Contax, before Kendall would use
06:48one.
06:49Hashtag 35 mil.
06:50Yeah, I'm wearing cycling shorts with tights underneath them, and I don't want to tell
06:54you that is great.
06:56And there was a minute when I regretted that look, but now I'm very happy with it.
07:00I really like it.
07:01I mean, the hair's a bit too layered, but I love that look.
07:05It's great.
07:06Nothing to report there, just like, sick.
07:11I'd definitely wear that now.
07:12I remember I was always so scared to go and meet designers after the show, because I can't
07:16tell whether they would want to see you or not, but he was actually always nice, and
07:19he'd always hold you and whisper things to you about other people.
07:22He was so clever and lovely.
07:24I know he has a reputation in the press as being like, oh, obviously he's iconic and
07:29all the stuff that comes with him, but I only ever found him to be delightful, very warm,
07:34and just like, would just tell you it's okay.
07:36So that was really nice.
07:42You guys, this is so bad, but sweet.
07:51It's so bad.
07:53It's so bad.
07:54Okay, I am at a festival in London called Wireless.
07:59I couldn't afford Chanel, so I'm wearing a rip-off Chanel bag, a musical necklace.
08:06We don't know why.
08:08I like music, guys, and rock and roll, yeah.
08:10I'm just with the band.
08:11We get it.
08:12American converse, because I loved America, but I don't live there yet, and a dress.
08:20I mean, Lord knows where she dragged that one up from.
08:24Whatever, it was like 2007, not that bad.
08:27It's just my hair's so bad.
08:29I should never have long hair.
08:30I shouldn't even have this length hair.
08:32I know it looks bad on me.
08:34Ray-Bans, sweater in case I get cold.
08:37Just cute.
08:38It's 2007.
08:39It's like I was having the time of my life.
08:41I did not have time to worry about clothes.
08:43I was just ripping around London, having the best time.
08:48New Rave was back.
08:50I was dating like three different dudes.
08:52It was fantastic.
08:53I'm too old to wear this now.
08:55I think I was too old to wear it then, so no.
09:04This is the first ever thing I ever went to where there were photographers there that
09:09bothered to take a picture of me, ever.
09:11It's my mum's Louis Vuitton handbag, which I thought was like fancies.
09:17Some Topshop shoes, and I don't know where that dress is from, but I did my own hair
09:24and I think it's really cute.
09:26Hello.
09:27So I'm guest editing a page.
09:29I don't know what year this is from, but we'll say around the 2010s.
09:32My Madewell collection's obviously out because I've placed it here and here.
09:37Madewell was the first company I worked with who let me design a collection, and I remember
09:43creating these pyjamas, and I was like, I want to make palm tree pyjamas, and they were
09:48like, we're not sure, but they added them to the collection, and then the next season
09:51Louis Vuitton showed and put pyjamas in their collection, and then coincidentally it all
09:55came out at the same time, so it was great.
09:57Charles Anastas was one of my favourite designers, still is.
09:59He's fantastic.
10:00This is great.
10:01Hydroflora Decléor.
10:02Fantastic product.
10:03Burberry Coat, when Christopher was still designing.
10:07Wolf Ring.
10:08Oh my God, I literally say rock on.
10:10So embarrassing.
10:12Rock on.
10:14Chanel.
10:15She's a beauty ambassador.
10:16Sun towel.
10:17I only just stopped wearing that.
10:19Yeah, sick.
10:20No regrets.
10:21No reglets.
10:22Favourite look.
10:23I wore these cycling shorts, and I was like, I'm going to set a cycling short trend, and
10:26then everyone was like, ew!
10:28But, you know, here we are ten years later, and suddenly we're back into it.
10:32This is very much early athleisure.
10:35I would wear that one again, and it would make a lot more sense now, but at the time
10:38people were confused.
10:40It was like a boxy menswear jacket.
10:43People were confused, but now it makes sense.
10:45Thank God.
10:46There you go.
10:47That was Would You Wear It?, and I guess the answer, even though I thought it was going
10:51to be yeah, was actually sometimes no.
10:54What a lovely time.
10:55Do you know what?
10:56I still own most of those clothes.
10:57It's reminding me that I genuinely need to sort of palm some off on some people.