Quotes from Alexa Chung

Being British, I don't want to be all paranoid and arrogant and think people are looking at me because, really, I'm nothing.

You know you've become a brat when you have a room you like at the Bristol in Paris.

I grew up in a very visual household. My dad is a designer; my sister is a designer. My brother is an amazing architect who does music. But I think in the Chung household, how things looked was an important part of who you are.

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.

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.

I did TV for a bit, and somewhere along the line, I started writing a column for 'The Independent' newspaper in England, and now I write features for 'British Vogue.'

Being excitable and passionate is what makes you look good because if you're engaged in what's going on, you radiate youth.

I would get very bored if I just did one thing.

My dad cut my hair once - I wanted a bob and he gave me a bowl cut. That was a tough few years.

If I can't even be bothered to brush my hair, I don't think I should start getting face work... I think it would look a bit try-hard.

I'm really interested in photography, like every other human being.

I think it's every girl's dream, a little bit, to be a model because it seems from the outside to be a glamorous industry and I was really into fashion, and I remember just being excited and wanting to be part of that.

For my art GCSE, I did a screen print of the Queen's head that was basically an Andy Warhol rip-off, but I didn't realise.

If I'm doing my hair myself, I just wash it and let it naturally dry. I'm actually quite good at doing hair; if I wear it up I usually do it myself.

I wash my face and then use lots of moisturiser.

I respect people that find writing easy, because I have focus problems. I'll spend five days eating cereal and YouTubing and two hours writing the article.

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.

Looking effortless takes a lot of effort. When I get new Converse I dedicate some time at home to shoving mud on them so they don't look squeaky clean.

I love Simone Rocha. I just think she's really clever.

I'm always hairy. I swear too much.

I used to have a voice because I was interviewing people and writing, but as soon as I got swept up in the fashion world, I was just a pretty girl at a party wearing a pretty dress.

When I'm wearing makeup, I choose between doing my eyes or mouth because I don't want to look like a beauty pageant child.

My best party friend...? Fifi Brown. And Poppy Delevingne. She's so fun and so inclusive - she really is the glue.

My relationship with sartorial news is only what I like.