‘Simply getting dressed was tricky’: Alexa Chung reveals fashion houses controlled what she could wear during early days of her career – and opens up about her ovarian cancer scare
- British fashion designer Alexa Chung says she was ‘gagged’ at start of her career
- She was ‘trussed up in contractual obligations and bans’ as a rising fashion star
- The 37-year-old model also opened up about a terrifying ovarian cancer scare
- In March 2020, the author revealed she had been suffering from endometriosis but said doctors had to rule out that she didn’t have cancer
Alexa Chung has claimed she was silenced by certain fashion houses at the start of her career, claiming some days it was ‘tricky’ getting dressed.
The British designer and model told The Sunday Times that while she was known for her personality after working as a television presenter in the early 2000s, fashion brands wanted her on ‘their terms’.
Recalling the early days of her career, Alexa said she was…
