Alexa Chung

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Alexa Chung (2010)

Alexa Chung (born November 5, 1983 in Privett, Hampshire , England ) is an English fashion designer, presenter , model and London It-Girl with Chinese and English roots.

Life

Chung grew up with her parents in Privett, Hampshire. Her mother was an English housewife, her father is of Chinese descent and worked as a graphic designer . She is the youngest of four children. Chung has two brothers and a sister.

She was enrolled at King's College London , but never studied there, but pursued her modeling career more closely. She also completed a foundation course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design .

Model career

At the age of 16, she was discovered by the Elite Model Management agency , but initially failed to achieve great success. Then the London agency Storm Model Management became aware of them. Chung was on teen magazines as Cover Girl to see so at Elle Girl and Cosmo Girl . She has worked for Fanta, Sony Ericsson and Sunsilk and has also appeared in music videos for Westlife , The Streets and the Drowners , among others . She starred in the reality show Shoot Me , which aired on Fashion TV .

After four years she stopped modeling because she felt that her work was developing low self-esteem and a disturbed self-image. She also planned to start studying at King's College London.

With the success of her television career, she resumed modeling in 2008. Alexa Chung was u. a. the face of the Australian brand Antipodium , from Oxfam ’s Revamped. In 2009 she became the face of the British brand New Look and DKNY Jeans. She has been represented by Next Model Management since 2009 . In the same year she ran for the Vivienne Westwood Red Label Spring / Summer 2009 show during London Fashion Week and in 2010 led the Pepe Jeans London campaign. Furthermore she appeared on numerous covers of fashion magazines, u. a. British Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and French L'Officiel .

In 2011, on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the Italian brand Superga , Chung became its current face. In the same year she again graced the cover of British Vogue. In June 2011 she became the advertising face of the French brand Maje. In 2013 she promoted Stella McCartney's Comic Relief T-Shirt Collection alongside David Gandy and Kate Moss and became the spokesperson for the cosmetics brand L'Oréal Professional. In September, Chung appeared on the cover of Vogue for the third time. In November, she was announced as the face of Longchamp's 2014 collections . A month later, Alexa Chung announced her own designer debut and a 2014 collection.

The collaboration with AG Denim for their first collection was so successful that the second collection is due to be launched on July 23, 2015.

Television career

Alexa Chung entered the television business after being offered a job on Channel 4 's Popworld television show . In the following years, she was seen in the British shows Popworld , Vanity Lair , Big Brother's Big Mouth , 8 of 10 Cats , Gok's Fashion Fix and Frock Me . 2008 was in the music video of the song Alexa Chung My Mistakes Were Made For You the band The Last Shadow Puppets to see. After several successful shows on the BBC and Channel 4, she moved to New York in April 2009, where she presented the daily show It's On with Alexa Chung for MTV until December 2009 . She has been back on British TV since April 2010.

From January 2012, Alexa Chung hosted the British broadcast 24 Hour Catwalk , in which four young designers tried to complete a complete catwalk collection within one day. In August she made a guest appearance on the series Gossip Girl , in which she played herself.

Author career

From November 2008 to June 2009 Alexa Chung wrote regularly for the British magazine The Independent. She then started writing articles for British Vogue, and in 2010 she got her own column, Today I'm Wearing , in which she reveals personal fashion and style tips on a daily basis. Her book It was published in September 2013 , an autobiographical style guide enriched with personal photographs and sketches.

It girl status

Alexa Chung is seen as the new It-Girl in the fashion industry due to her individual fashion style and her media presence. She was considered the muse of Karl Lagerfeld and is traded as the new Kate Moss. She can often be found in the front row at fashion shows in New York and London. Mulberry named the purse Alexa after her.

Alexachung

Chung launched her own fashion label called Alexachung in May 2017.

Relationships

From October 2007 to July 2011, Alexa Chung was in a relationship with Alex Turner , the singer of the Arctic Monkeys . In 2016 she was in a relationship with Alexander Skarsgård .

Filmography

  • 2005: Shoot Me
  • 2006: Rip Curl Festival coverage
  • 2006: The Devil Wears Prada T4 Movie Special
  • 2006: Déjà Vu T4 Movie Special
  • 2006: 4Music Special: Magic Numbers
  • 2007: Get a Grip
  • 2007: It's a Boy Girl Thing T4 Movie Special
  • 2007: T4 on the Beach coverage
  • 2007: T in the Park coverage
  • 2007: V Festival coverage
  • 2007: Fashion Rocks is Coming
  • 2007: Ratatouille T4 Movie Special
  • 2007: Enchanted T4 Movie Special
  • 2007: 4Music Special: Lostprophets
  • 2007: Big Brother's Big Mouth
  • 2007/2008: T4 Holiday Mornings
  • 2008: National Treasure T4 Movie Special
  • 2008: 4Music Special: Goldfrapp
  • 2008: The Devil Wears Primark
  • 2008: V Festival '08 Preview
  • 2008: T4 presents the NME Awards 2008
  • 2008: 4Music Special: Usher
  • 2008: Vanity Lair
  • 2008: The Wall
  • 2008: Gok's Fashion Fix
  • 2020: Next in fashion

Web links

Commons : Alexa Chung  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Being Alexa Chung: Television's hottest property. London: independent.co.uk. Article of February 9, 2008.
  2. ↑ a b Small Screen Goddess. London: Women.timesonline.co.uk. Article dated January 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Next Model Management Portfolio
  4. ↑ Pictures of the fashion show
  5. ^ Profile at Fashion Model Directory
  6. ↑ Alexa Chung's second collection. Vogue , July 2, 2015, accessed July 14, 2015 .
  7. ↑ The Making of Fashion's Latest 'It' Girl. New York: nytimes.com. Article of November 26, 2010.
  8. ↑ Alexa Chung Official Fashion Line - ALEXACHUNG. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Declan Eytan: Alexa Chung Launches New Ready-To-Wear Line. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Promipool: Alexander Skarsgard and friend Alexa Chung: Rarely common appearance. August 26, 2016, accessed August 31, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Chung, Alexa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English presenter, mannequin and it girl
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Privett, Hampshire , England