Alexa Chung Biography
Alexa Chung is a model, internet celebrity, writer, and fashion designer from the United Kingdom. She wrote the novel It. Alexa Chung’s fashion label, stylized alexachung, debuted in May 2017 and will close in 2022.
How old is Alexa Chung? – Age
She is 39 years old as of 5 November 2022. She was born in 1983 in Winchester, United Kingdom.
Alexa Chung Family -Education
Chung was born to Gillian and Phillip Chung in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Her father is of Chinese origin, while her mother is of English descent. She used to ride a pony and take dancing lessons when she was younger. Chung attended the neighboring Perins School for secondary school and Peter Symonds College in Winchester for sixth form. She was accepted to King’s College London to study English and Chelsea College of Arts to study art, but she was noticed by a modeling agency at the Reading Festival at the age of 16 and did not go.
Alexa Chung Husband – Children
From 2003 until 2006, Chung lived with fashion photographer David Titlow, who was twenty years her senior. From July 2007 to July 2011, she was in a four-year relationship with Arctic Monkeys vocalist Alex Turner; they lived together in London and later in New York, where Chung bought an apartment in the East Village. Turner remained Chung’s “best friend” according to a 2013 interview. In 2014, the ex-couple was seen together on several occasions. From 2015 to early 2017, she was in a relationship with actor Alexander Skarsgrd. She returned to London in 2016 to create a clothes line.
Alexa Chung Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $12 Million.
Alexa Chung Fashion Label
Alexachung, Chung’s fashion label, debuted in May 2017. According to the brand’s official website, their mission is “to create clothes that people want to wear.” It is influenced by everything from Jane Birkin’s insouciance to David Hockney’s stripy sweater, combining Parisian glamour with a New York edge and a very British sense of humour.”
Alexa Chung Dressing
Because of her distinct personal style, Chung has been regarded as a muse by numerous fashion designers. She is a regular model for Vogue, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar, and she is usually spotted in the front row at fashion shows.
Mulberry, a designer handbag company, introduced the “Alexa,” a famous bag named after and inspired by her, in January 2010. According to The Guardian, 380 “Alexa” bags were sold in one week alone in November 2010, and the firm attributed increased sales at its UK and worldwide locations that year to the bag’s popularity. Chung partnered with J.Crew’s Madewell on a womenswear line that debuted during New York Fashion Week in February 2010. In September 2011, she teamed with Madewell on a second collection.
At a ceremony at the Savoy Theatre in London in December 2010, Bryan Ferry, on behalf of the British Fashion Council, presented Chung with the British Style Award, which “recognizes an individual who embodies the spirit of British fashion and is an international ambassador for the UK as a leading creative hub for fashion.” Chung earned the British Style Award, which was voted on by the public, at the British Fashion Awards in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Chung partnered with AG Jeans on two collections in 2015.
Alexa Chung Career
Chung, a 16-year-old model, started her career as a model at the Reading Festival and has since worked for a variety of businesses. She has showed up in music recordings and featured in an unscripted TV drama called Shoot Me. Chung stopped modeling after four years because she had a “distorted body image” and low self-esteem. She returned to modeling on occasion after becoming a TV personality, appearing in Oxfam’s Revamped ethical fashion line and Antipodium’s SS 2008 collection. She joined London-based modeling agency Select Model Management in 2009, became the face of British department store giant New Look, and walked the runway at London Fashion Week in 2008.
She moved to NEXT Model Management in 2009 after modeling for Wren’s Holiday 2009 collection. There, she became the face of DKNY Jeans. Chung was also the main model for the Spring/Summer 2010 Pepe Jeans London campaign and the face of the South Korean brand MOGG’s Spring/Summer 2010 campaign. In June 2010, she became Lacoste’s first celebrity face, appearing in print and television ads for their “Joy of Pink” fragrance. In 2011, Chung was the substance of Italian tennis shoe brand Superga, and in 2012, she partook in the London Style Week show for originator Stella McCartney. Chung was a guest editor for Tommy Hilfiger’s Fall 2014 collection and modeled their clothes. Chung became the face of Longchamp in 2013, and by 2015, she had starred in the fashion brand’s fourth campaign.
Model Alexa Chung was offered the co-hosting position on Channel 4’s Popworld in 2006, a music show known for its awkward and irreverent interviews. She moved to Channel 4 after that, where she hosted Big Brother’s Big Mouth and participated as a panelist on the quiz show 8 out of 10 Cats. Chung also covered music festivals on a number of TV specials, including 4Music Specials and T4 Holiday Mornings. She became one of the four anchors on T4 in 2008, hosting the reality show Vanity Lair, which looked into the idea of “beauty.” Chung also presented the ITV1 series Get a Grip (2007) and BBC Three’s The Wall, as well as hosted the early morning music program Freshly Squeezed on Channel 4.
Chung began hosting more fashion-oriented programming in the middle of 2008, including “Gok’s Fashion Fix” and a T4 fashion and music show with fashion designer Henry Holland called “Frock Me.” In 2009, she received both the Elle Style Award for Best TV Presenter and the Glamour Award for Best TV Presenter for her work as a host at the Diesel U Music Awards and the Elle Style Awards.
Chung left Channel 4 and the UK in 2009 to work for MTV in the United States, where she presented It’s On with Alexa Chung. In April 2010, she hosted Gonzo With Alexa Chung, co-hosted NBC’s “2011 Golden Globe Arrivals Special” with Natalie Morales and Carson Daly, and presented the iTunes Festival in July 2011.
Chung started hosting the nightly music show Fuse News in 2012, but he left in December 2013 to focus on other projects. She hosted an online documentary series for Vogue UK in the year 2015. Chung started her own channel on YouTube in 2019, where she uploaded unfiltered original videos about travel, fashion, art, and other random topics.