so this week alexa chung's first vogue cover hits the shelves. dressed in classic shirt + blazer + denim and topped off with those chanel clogs, alexa secures her style icon status with this cover. her accompanying article within the fashion bible is an open love letter to denim in which she describes the fabric as "a symbol of youth, sex, rebellion and, most essentially, America." handy for her, this denim obsession, as she'll be sporting rather a lot of it as the new face of pepe jeans. i agree with her that "buying jeans is our first foray into American style" but, unlike alexa, i'm just not that into denim.sure, i own the obligitary denim basics - shorts (for holidays), cut off denim mini (for festivals) and jeans (for painting, decorating or moving house) - but as you can see i tend to think of these pieces as primarily functional and even at that, they don't feature regularly, as holidays, festivals and moving tend to be annual occurrences in my life.
for me, denim and fashion are not friends. as soon as i see those two words in the same sentence, my mind is stormed by grotesque images of the following designer denim disasters:
denim louis vuitton handbags - as in the one sjp gave jennifer hudson in the satc movie and the type you see on stacey's stall
britney and justin's co-ordinating red carpet denim monstrosities - and we all know how that ended...
admittedly, i'm close-minded when it comes to this twill textile and it's place in my wardrobe but that's not to say i can't appreciate it's universal and classic appeal. so long as it's not stretchy, embellished, matching or too 'fashion', denim does look good on some and i must say i do love alexa's shots in the latest issue of vogue.
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