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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.

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Alexa Chung
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 5
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English suspenders not American. Could you imagine? Just a pair of knickers and some suspenders. I don't know. How would you wear that? I think this is kind of a cute first date look. A mini sixties Ossie Clark inspired mini dress with a pair on your trotters.
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I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.
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Looking effortless takes a lot of effort.
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If my boyfriend finds me sexy, then I don't need that kind of male attention from anyone else.
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Nobody goes through life without having their heart broken and one day you'll wake up and it'll be okay.
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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.
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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.
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I'm very selfish! I'm only thinking about how I would look in clothes, and not how we as a society might appear in those clothes.
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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.
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I've got an allergy to looking too neat.
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I'm not 100% nice all the time, so I find it quite hard to be really pleasant.
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