I just don't like people to be dictated to. I think you should dress however you want.
— Alexa Chung
Being excitable and passionate is what makes you look good because if you're engaged in what's going on, you radiate youth.
I'm always helping out girlfriends, and then I'm wondering, who's going to look after me?
Often, I do translatlantic overnight flights from New York, and when I land, I have to do my eyes - I feel weird without it.
I'm rubbish - I'm really not good at my beauty regimes.
My friends found out that I was writing a book on Twitter. It didn't seem worth mentioning over dinner. They're all so successful themselves.
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.
London Fashion Week is so different from any of the others. Compared to the strictness in New York, London seems freer from commercial constraints. Truer to the process, to street style, to a sense of humour.
When I was going to Paris for Paris Fashion Week, I'd often walk down the street and go into all the different shops that we didn't necessarily have in the U.K., and Maje was definitely one of the ones that stood out for me.
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 play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.
If my boyfriend finds me sexy, then I don't need that kind of male attention from anyone else.
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.
I'm not 100% nice all the time, so I find it quite hard to be really pleasant.
Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.
I tend to splurge on fancy dresses because I always think I'll get a lot of wear out of them, but it's false logic. You should really spend more money on the things you wear every day, like jeans.
A bad outfit can really get me down. If I'm wearing something really normal and boring, it's like torture.
Tech companies approach you to hold something in a picture and then say, 'This is what I want you to write on your Twitter.' There are people who get away with that and look really cool doing it, but I'm just not one of them.
I went out with a 40-year-old when I was 19, and since then, I don't really think much about numbers meaning anything. But I do feel like maybe I've neglected to work on developing emotionally and taking care of myself.
When I was a teenager, I used to come to Selfridges, and it was very swanky and overwhelming, and I'd think, 'Wow, this is amazing.' I would never have imaged having my own area in the beauty hall! It's incredible.
I feel like some women do get away with doing these sexy shoots and looking like they're being really empowered. For me, I'd feel really uncomfortable in that situation and a bit like I was being taken advantage of.
Whoever it is who's filtering stuff makes it seem like women want to be more than men. My understanding... is that we're asking to be treated the same.
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.
I think Maje typifies that French vibe where it's simple items that are very practical, very wearable but also, like, incredibly chic and expensive-looking.
I think it's cool that London Fashion Week is about young designers trying wacky things.
My look is pretty low maintenance, I have a great team around me for hair and make-up, and they have also taught me some great tricks over the years for when I'm doing my own.
I've got an allergy to looking too neat.
I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.
I didn't moisturise when I was younger, but when I got to 27 I decided to start slathering myself in oil, and now I'm obsessed with moisturising.
I worry all the time that I'm going to run out of ideas, you know? I always tell my mom my fashion ideas, because I know she'll remember them.
I don't like it when people don't know the difference between 'their', 'they're', 'there'.
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'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.
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.
Music is my sport, and I'm the number-one athlete.
No one says the word 'quirky' much in England. I guess because people are more naturally eccentric.
I wash my face and then use lots of moisturiser.
I'd like to give anyone else a go at being scrutinised. Daily. It's not easy.
I think you achieve a lot more through love than negativity.
When I was a model, I started with an opinion, but was encouraged to lose it. It began as play-acting, but then I lost sight of myself a bit: so when I did the audition for 'Popworld' and they asked my opinion, I felt like crying with happiness.
It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and elegant but I think, more than that, French women are renowned for dressing in what suits them.
I prefer using cream-based products on my skin. I love having that summery dewy skin - I like using cream blushers as well.
I'm really interested in photography, like every other human being.
I'm interested in aesthetics, in the way things look, in finding something in an image that maybe people haven't seen.
I didn't mean to be a TV presenter, I just hated modeling. It feels very odd that it's turned into this 'It-girl' thing. What does that even mean? I wear clothes and I go out. It's so weird.
I mix my own lipsticks, so I don't really keep track of the brand as it's usually a number of them I've smushed together.
I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.
I've come to terms with the fact that if you're on TV, lots of people like you and lots of people hate you, and once you're OK with that, you apply it to everything.
My father taught me how to draw horses - for this I shall be eternally grateful.
