Alexa Chung

🔥 Gilda, 🦶Charvet Slippers, 👞 One Shoe On/One Shoe Off, and more.

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Cool people like cool things, which is why we asked Alexa Chung to share a taste of her taste on Perfectly Imperfect.

Alexa Chung is a London-based creative director, writer, style guru and true it girl. Described by Anna Wintour as “a phenomenon”, Alexa came on the scene as a model and the host of programs on Channel 4 and MTV. Her highly-influential style has dubbed her one of the best dressed, and the multiple-time British Style award winner has set many a trend. Since then she’s penned the sweet memoir It, and has continued to write for publications like Vogue and Financial Times. Alexa tells us she’s “rejoined forces with her old flame Madewell with a collection focused on denim”, be sure to check it out. Alexa is one of the quintessential tastemakers of the 21st century, and lucky for us she’s here to tell us what she’s been into.

Without further ado

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Can you tell me the best vintage shop in Paris? ⬇️

🔥 Gilda

I watched Gilda on a plane because I had run out of movie options, and since watching sky maps (rawdogging) became a bro-tok thing, I decided to revert back to traditional in-flight entertainment. Gilda is incredibly modern for something made in the 40’s, features Rita Hayworth at the height of her beauty and has a nuanced script that avoids characters lumbering you with dry exposition. All of the history between characters is implied. It is a joy to watch.

👞 One shoe on one shoe off

Since I was a child I have enjoyed walking around my house with one shoe on and, you guessed it, one shoe off. Something about the cold floor under one foot and something comfy on the other offers a duality that’s hard to beat. I’m aware this is weird. Please don’t tell anyone. 

🦶 Charvet Slippers

I gave a friend of mine a pair of silver Charvet slippers at her baby shower so that she would have something nice and sort of glamorous to wear once the baby was born. I went on a celebrity foot site to gauge her shoe size from the creeps that collate that type of info. Miu miu recently made a similar pair of the Charvet classics in black leather. I love that they smack of rich old grandpa and like to wear mine with socks in winter and in the summer au naturale as they make a great vacation shoe.
If you’re looking for a cheaper option. I know it seems I’m obsessed with slippers but the Cammie Woman’s slipper is cheap and cool.

🌺 La Roche posay B5 cream cicaplast

My go to moisturiser. I slather this on my face when I’ve run out of more expensive creams. I’m not one for multi step routines, the most jazzy I get is to add face oil to it.

⚱️ Sir John Soane’s Museum

Sir John Soane’s Museum in London is a beautiful Georgian home that has been kept exactly as it was when he lived there. Expect hidden secret paintings behind little doors, stunning statues and inspiring paint colours from ye olde times.

🎸 Fontaine’s DC - Romance

The best band in the world right now.