Let's Talk About It
Female Singapore|August 2016

Multi-hyphenate and face of Longchamp Alexa Chung is undeniably one of the millennium’s original It girls, but what happens when she grows up? Imran Jalal reports.

Let's Talk About It

To voice her anti-Brexit stance the week UK voters went to poll in June, Alexa Chung took to Instagram (@chungalexa), posting a photo of herself in a tee with the slogan “Give A Damn”. The caption: “If you live in the UK, I hope you remember to give a damn tomorrow and vote! :-) xx”. That’s how Chung rolls – with a charming mix of candour, goofiness, irreverence and swag.

In town recently for the opening of Longchamp’s boutique at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, the face of the French leather goods house lives up to the It girl status she’s been crowned with since the mid-2000s. Effortlessly cool attitude aside, she remains a fashion plate – striking in a simple suede shift dress and patent leather flats from Longchamp’s F/W ’16 collection; her long bob in signature out-of-bed mode during our interview.

While the media has moved on to a new gen of It girls, from social media influencers to bombshell celebrity scions like the Kardashians and Hadids (her 2.3 million Instagram followers is a fraction of theirs), she still wields as much – if not more – sartorial power.

Cue the hundreds of blogs and Tumblr accounts devoted to her OOTDs. Trends such as parkas, ballerina flats and maillots have all been attributed to her, simply because she was photographed in them.

That cred might have something to do with Longchamp selecting her as its poster girl for five seasons now. Chung herself boils it down to her “Britishness”, but is hard-pressed to distil what that means exactly. “Hilarious. I don’t know (what that means) – playful, silly, fun, stylish, cool, hip? You can’t really talk about yourself like this,” she says.

この記事は Female Singapore の August 2016 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は Female Singapore の August 2016 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

FEMALE SINGAPOREのその他の記事すべて表示
A Not So Common Scent
Female Singapore

A Not So Common Scent

For the first time, the singular house of Hermes has launched a chypre perfume fragrance type known for its complexity and dualistic nature a that comes in a first-of-its-kind bottle, no less. Keng Yang Shuen finds out more about Barenia, Hermes's latest scent that hit stores recently, from the brand's in-house perfumer Christine Nagel.

time-read
5 分  |
October 2024
Strange Love
Female Singapore

Strange Love

The six names in this story create wildly different works that tend to blur the boundaries among disparate disciplines. All have little in common except one thing: a certain wondrousness and sense of curiosity that inspire audiences to look at familiar things anew. Keng Yang Shuen reports.

time-read
6 分  |
October 2024
The artist
Female Singapore

The artist

Johnny Depp is certainly far from the conventional leading man: the iconically quirky on-screen roles, the rock musician persona (he was a guitarist before becoming an actor), the unexpected neoexpressionist portraits in 2022 (these paintings of cultural heroes ranging from AI Pacino to Elizabeth Taylor sold out in a day), and of course the title of being Dior's long-standing poster boy for its wilderness-inspired flagship men's perfume Sauvage for nine years and counting.

time-read
5 分  |
October 2024
spirited away
Female Singapore

spirited away

Collaborations with the art world have become a trusted way of injecting novelty into fashion.

time-read
4 分  |
October 2024
Showtime
Female Singapore

Showtime

Shaggy, floor-sweeping, candy-coloured faux fur coats. A tuxedo suit with exaggerated proportions that's a nod to Marlene Dietrich. Bondage-inspired evening gowns. One would think that a collaboration fronted by a contemporary label would mean tempering down on the drama, but the Bimba Y Palomo collection, a tie-up between the fun-loving Bimba Y Lola and the red-carpet provocateur Palomo Spain, more than doubles down on it. Here, the latter's creative director Alejandro Gomez Palomo gives an exclusive interview on keeping the dream of dressing up alive.

time-read
4 分  |
October 2024
Glam Rocks
Female Singapore

Glam Rocks

Lying At The Heart Of Celine Beaute, The First Cosmetics Line From The House Of Celine, Is A Decidedly Romantic Notion: That Makeup Should Be A Luxurious Ritual.

time-read
1 min  |
September 2024
mother!
Female Singapore

mother!

FOR AN EDITION CENTRED AROUND NOSTALGIA, HOW COULD WE NOT HEAR FROM THE ONES WHO'VE SEEN THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES CHANGE OVER TIME? SIX RENOWNED AND BELOVED CULTURAL AUTHORITIES IN FASHION, DESIGN AND CULTURE IN SINGAPORE SHARE WHAT THEY'VE LEARNT, WHAT THEY MISS AND WHAT WHAT KEEPS THEM GOING.

time-read
6 分  |
September 2024
the art of reflection
Female Singapore

the art of reflection

DICTIONARY.COM DEFINES NOSTALGIA AS \"A WISTFUL DESIRE TO RETURN IN THOUGHT OR IN FACT TO A FORMER TIME IN ONE'S LIFE, TO ONE'S HOME OR HOMELAND, OR TO ONE'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS\". KENG YANG SHUEN ZEROES IN ON FIVE SINGAPORE ARTISTS INTERPRETING THIS OFTEN-INTANGIBLE QUALITY AS WELL AS THE NOTION OF TIME AND MEMORY ONLY TO EVOKE POIGNANCY, CURIOSITY AND EVEN PLENTY OF LAUGHS.

time-read
5 分  |
September 2024
thank you for the memories
Female Singapore

thank you for the memories

GEN Z IS OFTEN SAID TO BE A NOSTALGIA-INFATUATED BUNCH. THE SIX DIGITAL NATIVES FEATURED HERE LIVE UP TO THAT REPUTATION WITH THEIR COLLECTION OF CLOTHES, ACCESSORIES, TOYS, OBJECTS AND MORE THAT DATE BACK TO A TIME IN WHICH THEY WERE GROWING UP OR IN SOME CASES HAVE NEVER EVEN LIVED THROUGH. PAIGE BOON GETS THEM TO OPEN UP THEIR ARCHIVES AND ABOUT THEIR LOVE OF YESTERYEAR.

time-read
7 分  |
September 2024
Super Natural
Female Singapore

Super Natural

Who Better To Tell Us More About The N°1 De Chanel Revitalising Eye Serum - The Latest Addition To Chanel's N°1 De Chanel Skincare Collection That Promises To Give Peepers A Fresh, "Wide Awake" Look-than The Maison's Doe-eyed Ambassador And Face Of The Line, Minji Of Newjeans?

time-read
4 分  |
August 2024