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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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00:04I don't know why we're playing this game because quite clearly I think that I have never done a
00:09bad outfit so I mean I feel like the answer is gonna be yeah but let's see oh god guys
00:19take it back oh man so this is an outfit wow I'm really getting all the brands in so I'm
00:27actually at a Topshop show in London Fashion Week I'm very proud of my tan I think I just come
00:32back
00:32from Spain that's the beauty of a September London moment is that you tend to look the most well you
00:39could look March or like end of Feb Paris being the worst you can possibly look anyway I'm wearing
00:44a Topshop leopard print skirt Topshop unique roll neck jumper sweater is what you call those Prada
00:51shoes and a Chanel milk handbag and for some reason I've got pigtails yeah so that's that I don't
00:59mind I mean at least the silhouettes true to my vibe which is mini skirt roll neck bits and bobs
01:05flat
01:05shoe and quite often I'm just problem solving so if you attend a show it's kind of rude to not
01:11wear
01:11the designer so this was Topshop and I picked a couple things do they go together not necessarily
01:17but I'm just ticking it off would I wear this now I don't hate it it's just not like right
01:27now
01:33yes so Glastonbury music festival is a thing that happens in the south of England every year it's
01:40actually a kind of pagan ancient site where the ley lines are such that humans have been gathering there
01:46since druid times and now it's the place of a music festival which this is obviously a very
01:52arid year which is very very rare it's usually covered in mud it's where you see those photographs
01:57of crazy people like using tents as a boat because it's usually flooded Glastonbury style actually
02:04something that I like about it is that it's a very wonderful festival where for the whole weekend no
02:09one judges anyone it's like this weird British utopia and actually what you have on matters none
02:15that said obviously we all got savvy to the idea that there's paps in a certain area of Glastonbury so
02:21if you're gonna walk through that area even with your worst hangover bing bing bing you have to be
02:27dressed to impress the sunglasses are purely because I don't know what direction my eyes are moving in
02:32I'm not ashamed to admit that after a few seasons of going to Glastonbury I started bringing a hair
02:37tong with me because I was like I know I don't want flat hair I'm gonna do my hair every
02:42time I leave
02:42this Winnebago also I'm like in a luxury position whereby I've never actually camped there I'm in
02:46like a glamping area this denim jacket is from this AG collaboration that I did the ubiquitous
02:54wellies which I'm not allowed to say the brand of because I now work with barber but we all know
02:58those ones and a Bella Freud sparkly mini dress which I would still wear honestly I was just ripping
03:04off Kate Moss because one year she wore a silver like thing and she looked so good and I thought
03:10being
03:10in a field and having the audacity to wear silver like a disco nighttime look is hilarious that's
03:15that would I put it on fuck yeah oh there's loads of them this is a roundup from 2011 in
03:23who what
03:24wear thanks guys for always being there for me we're now in 2020 and I'm pleased I'm still rocking
03:29a gladiator sandal I mean this is amazing I still have that coat it's like a mohair Charles Anastas coat
03:35these Chanel boots I wore so much and then I lost one of them so I've got one and not
03:42the other if
03:42anyone's seen this missing boot I'd gladly have it back denim cut-off shorts I see that Leandra
03:48actually of Man Repeller fame has started wearing again black tights with jean shorts over it so I
03:54think we're okay to wear that again but I would like to say that that was a look that I
03:58was very fond of
03:59at the time this is to a CFDA thing again like the boots are back aren't they never want to
04:06change
04:06a shoe that was a vintage like Victorian dress which I really liked I like that look Louis Vuitton
04:11purse don't know what this is that was outside of MTV I used to do a daily talk show uh
04:16called it's
04:16on with Alexa Chung I remember it well you can see the terror in my eyes no that's bad this
04:24also bad
04:25good items separately but it's terrible together vintage dress ackley jacket Chanel boots Marnie bag
04:34the Alexa Mulberry bag remember that to clarify I didn't design it they just named it after me I
04:41like this look it's shorts and a blazer and the Chanel boots again wow I really loved an ankle boot
04:45and I
04:46really used to wear them until they died I saw only Chanel boots but I wore them to aforementioned
04:51Glastonbury now they're covered in mud since 2012 and I've not actually cleaned them
04:55um I don't yeah no regrets just this one's a bit pedestrian but other than that fine
05:01mmm
05:05interesting do you know it's really funny that you bring this one up because this coat the
05:08other day because I'm going through all my clothes and figuring out what to get rid of a lot and
05:11this
05:11coat is in there and I'm kind of reluctant to get rid of it but then at the same time
05:16when would I
05:16ever wear it again it's a dragonfly leather Marc Jacobs coat and some Prada boots and some really skinny
05:23jeans and these glasses let's face it just don't suit me that said like whatever I don't think it's
05:30that bad a look this is great this is very therapeutic because now I know I will get rid of
05:34this coat nice at the time but it's a one-stop shop isn't it you don't need oh guys I
05:46this is great
05:47the weekend before I had opened up both knees on a on Runyon Canyon falling over leaning into the fall
05:56to make everyone laugh and then I literally like lost most of my skin it was disgusting this is
06:01Stella McCartney jumpsuit still love it Celine glasses boom APC snake print bag Marnie necklace
06:08Castella espadrilles it's great I love it I've just been surfing as well which has this little look on
06:15my face it's like I surf my boyfriend at the time could surf took me out to Montauk put me
06:20on a board
06:21and immediately regretted it and here I am carrying my lamp home cute from future perfect I think that's
06:29cute that's nice to put that much effort into a random Sunday well done moi I mean here I am
06:39with
06:40Carl at a Chanel fashion show it was the one with the icebergs that's why I've got my camera in
06:45my
06:45hand which is the contacts before Kendall would use one hashtag 35 mil yeah I'm wearing cycling
06:51shorts with tights underneath them and I don't want to tell you that is great and there was a minute
06:56when I regretted that look but now I'm very happy with it I really like it I mean the hair
07:02is a bit
07:02too layered but I love that look it's great nothing to report there just like sick I'd definitely wear that
07:12now I remember I was always so scared to go and meet designers after the show because I can't tell
07:16whether they would want to see you or not but he was actually always nice and he'd always like hold
07:20you and whisper things to you about other people he was so clever and lovely I know he has a
07:26reputation in the press as being like oh he obviously he's iconic and all the stuff that comes with him
07:30but I only ever found him to be
07:32very delightful very warm and just like would just tell you it's okay so that was really nice oh
07:38oh you guys this is so bad but sweet
07:50it's so bad it's so bad
07:55okay I am at a festival in London called wireless I couldn't afford Chanel so I'm wearing a ripoff Chanel
08:03bag a musical necklace we don't know why I like music guys and rock and roll yeah just with the
08:10band we get it American converse because I loved America I didn't live there yet and a dress I mean
08:21lord knows where she dragged that one up from
08:23and a long locket whatever it was like 2007 not that bad it's just my hair so bad I should
08:29never have long hair I shouldn't even have this length hair I know it looks bad on me
08:33ray-bans sweater in case I get cold just cute it's 2007 it's like I was having the time of
08:41my life I did not have time to worry about clothes I was just ripping around London
08:45having the best time it was new rave was back I was dating like three different dudes ah it's fantastic
08:53I'm too old to wear this now I think I was too old to wear it then so no
09:01awwww
09:05this is the first ever thing I ever went to where there were photographers there that bothered to take a
09:10picture of me ever
09:11it's my mum's Louis Vuitton handbag which I thought was like fancy
09:18some Topshop shoes and I don't know where that dress is from but I did my own hair and I
09:25think it's really cute
09:28hello oh so I'm guest editing a page I don't know what year this is from but we'll say around
09:32the 2010s
09:33my Madewell collection is obviously out because I've placed it here and here
09:38Madewell was the first company I worked with who let me design a collection and I remember creating these pajamas
09:44and I was like I want to make palm tree pajamas and they were like we're not sure but they
09:49added them to collection
09:50and then the next season Louis Vuitton showed and put pajamas in their collection and then coincidentally it all came
09:55out at the same time
09:55so it was great Charles Anastas was one of my favorite designers still is he's fantastic
09:59this is great Hydroflora Declayor fantastic product
10:03Burberry coat when Christopher was still designing
10:06wolf ring oh my god I literally say rock on
10:10so embarrassing
10:13rock on
10:14Chanel she's a beauty ambassador
10:16Santel only just stopped wearing that
10:19yeah sick no regrets no reglets
10:22favorite look
10:23I wore these cycling shorts and I was like I'm gonna set a cycling short trend and then everyone was
10:27like ew
10:29but you know here we are 10 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 people
10:39were confused
10:40it was like a boxy menswear jacket
10:42people were confused but now it makes sense
10:44thank god
10:46there you go that was would you wear it and I guess the answer even though I thought was gonna
10:51be yeah
10:51was actually sometimes no
10:53what a lovely time
10:55do you know what I still own most of those clothes
10:57it's reminding me that I genuinely need to sort of palm some off on some people
11:10what a lovely time
11:10is
11:10how many people
11:10I'm really sorry
11:10if I can't believe
11:10and
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