Right now, I’m completely inspired by Alexa Chung (above), a British model/writer/TV host. (I’m not the only one; she just won a British Fashion Award.) Her clothes are quirky but put-together, and her makeup is the same way. Chung somehow makes neutral brown eye shadows pop yet can follow that up for her next outing with just mascara and bold fuchsia lipstick; she seems like the type of woman who would never fall into a beauty rut. In fact, my brown-to-blonde ombré hair color was inspired by her—and since she just chopped her hair into a cute shaggy bob this week, I’m thinking of trying it myself. (Allure)

Whether you go classic or current, who is your beauty icon?

“Williamsburg is sort of like my lover, whereas London is more like my husband. I love my husband, and I’ll always be with him, but Williamsburg is so exciting.” Intrigued? Watch the clip.

Alexa Chung Loves Brooklyn

(credit: Elle)

” I said I’m going to America and they’re going to try to make my hair shiny, and I don’t want it. I want my hair to look like Kurt Kobain.”

Alexa Chung will present the last her MTV series, It’s On With Alexa Chung, this Thursday (December 17). We’re all very sad:(

LINK LOVE: It’s On With Alexa Chung — Final Show This Thursday

Break out the funeral bagpipes everybody, MTV’s It’s On With Alexa Chung has been cancelled! The stylish Brit’s show only ran for two seasons, and disgustingly enough, her time slot is being replaced by rerun episodes of Jersey Shore, among others. Catch Chung’s finale episode on December 17th.

LINK LOVE: NY Mag

You can thank Alexa Chung for this one.  Her MTV show ‘It’s On With Alexa Chung’ challenged Victoria Secret models Marisa Miller and Alessandra Ambrosio to an ‘interpretive dance off’ this week. Enjoy!

LINK LOVE: Hollywood Tuna

Is it surprising to say that I have found myself staring in the face of disappointment once again? MTV has managed to ruin another underground celeb with their latest acqusition of Alexa Chung for the show It’s On With Alexa Chung. I’ve watched the show for the past three days, and while I remained optimistic for the first few episodes out of my pure love for the Brit, I am willing to fess up and say that it really isn’t a good show. While Miss Chung has managed to keep her style top notch, her awkwardness on camera really shines through.

I think the saddest part of the whole thing is that it is quite obvious that no one in the crowd has any idea who she is. There is a constant feeling that is easily relateable to that of an awkward silence. Her whitty English quips and comedy is often beyond the brain capacity of the puberty ridden teens that fill the bleacher style seats in their American Eagle, super boot cut, faded denim and their A&F hoodies.

While I’m on the topic of the jokes she is very poor at delievering, she clealry has the worst writers in television. It’s bad when you can tell that the host of the show doesn’t even think the jokes are funny. The way she painstakingly drudges through each joke is almost unbearable. It’s about time they fire all those lame high school interns and get some quality writing for the show (I think the genius minds behind Fashion Indie could do the trick…and we’re cheap!).

While the daily sight of Alexa Chung’s beauty gives me something to look forward to, and her guests aren’t half bad, I will say they need to do some damage control before this spirals beyond salvation. I recommend she keeps her Topshop name drops on the down low too! Us fashion folks don’t need to be stiff arming MTV douche bags in the store to get to the new collections that Topshop keeps conveniently tucked away in the back corner of the store.