Alexa Chung

“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 in love with lots of different things. I do love love, though. I don't think love should make you feel uneasy. When you feel sick, I don't think that's love - that's infatuation. Someone who makes you feel like that is exciting - it's the one that you imagine when you think of an amazing affair - but that's not actually a stable love.”

“My brain is a big cluster of stuff. It moves quickly and loses focus quickly, so I need many projects to keep me stimulated - it's a luxury to be able to do lots of different things: style, write, present, DJ or just consult. It can't be any other way; I think I would shrivel up and fall asleep forever.”

“I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.”

“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.”

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

“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 feel like it's weird to list all my crap qualities.”

“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.'”

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

“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 know something's expected of me, I won't wear it or do it. It just seems boring.”

“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.”

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

“Everyone I've ever fallen in love with, I just fell in love with! I didn't date them to try.”

“Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.”

“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'm bad at trends. Just wear what you want and what suits you.”

“Dark lipstick on me is both a risk and a disaster.”

“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.”