EPISODE 5 ALEXA CHUNG

Fasten your peter pan collars and pull up your knee socks, because today we’re talking about the queen of indie sleaze herself, Alexa Chung. In this episode, we discuss thrifting, irony in fashion, and the unfortunate ubiquity of pleather motorcycle jackets for teenagers between 2012-2014.

Image 1: Alexa Chung early 2000s, via @indiesleaze on Instagram 20 September 2022.

Image 2: Alexa Chung at Glastonbury 2009 via I.D. (Photo by Martin Fraser/FilmMagic)

Image 3: Alexa Chung in ALEXACHUNG at the Met Gala 2018 (Getty Images via Vogue.com)

Bibliography:

Stephanie Rosenbloom, “The Making of Fashion’s Latest ‘It’ Girl” in The New York Times. Nov. 26, 2010

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/fashion/28ALEXA.html 

Sydney Gore, “Tumblr Girls, It Girls, and Girlbosses: The Evolution of the Influencer” in W Magazine, Feb. 11, 2022

https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/alexa-chung-it-girlboss-tumblr-2010s-nostalgia

Alexa Chung, ‘Alexa Chung on the unpolished appeal of Indie Sleaze’ in The Financial Times.

https://www.ft.com/content/a82ae431-f7cf-4bee-9e43-ff58ed77fe96

Brooke Bobb, ‘Alexa Chung’s Met Gala Dress Was Inspired by Anne Boleyn and Claire Danes in Romeo and Juliet’ on Vogue.com. May 08, 2018

https://www.vogue.com/article/alexa-chung-dress-met-gala-2018

‘Alexa Chung Fears for Her Life While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones’ on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuONqBMf3XA&ab_channel=FirstWeFeast