Come Under the Cover with Alexa Chung in our London store as she opens the pages of the books that have shaped her sense of style and identity.

In this episode, Chung recalls discovering Juergen Teller’s Go-Sees as a young model and how its raw portraits broadened her understanding of beauty. Through Teller’s lens she encountered women who were individual and unpolished, offering her early permission for beauty to be strange, specific, and personal. Speaking about the women who guide her aesthetic instincts, she credits Cookie Mueller and Anjelica Huston’s defiant glamour as inspiring a style ‘role play’, and how getting dressed can become a way of channeling their spirit while constructing her own. From Nan Goldin and Kate Moss, to the sartorial habits of Swiss teens in the 60s, watch as Chung reflects on the formative visual culture from her youth, revealing how a single image can shift an entire frame of reference. Subscribe to our Substack for access to an extended cut of the interview alongside exclusive editorial content including a bonus quick-fire Q&A with Alexa.

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