Alexa Chung Quotes

I've been told to wear different things, to look different, to lose weight, to look sexier, to wear more hair, to wear more makeup.

Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know.

Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she's sending the right visual signals is pleased with herself.

I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think about what women look like.

I don't think what I look like is relevant.

I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty.

When you're not blond and thin, you come up with a personality real quick.

People have a perception of me because of Victoria's Secret that I'm sexy, but I'm not a sexy girl. I'm very tomboyish.

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

When the attention started to be about my figure, I was surprised, because it wasn't something I was focused on.

It's hard to always be reduced to the way you look or your sex appeal or what that is.

When people see me, I might come across as just eye candy.

A lot of people behind the scenes were telling me that I was going to have to do something with my hair, my weight, all of that stuff.

In my twenties, I was virulently opposed to anyone commenting on my appearance, lest it come at the expense of my ability.

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair.

I don't have a problem being labeled a sex symbol, though I personally don't feel very sexy about myself.

It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, but you can't help what you look like. And when you do a film, like for me, it's just not about that. I would prefer to downplay it. I prefer to downplay the sex appeal.

I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'

If you want to do what you want to do, you have to look a certain way.

Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.