It
Memoir Young Adult Non-Fiction Biography & Autobiography Art & Culture Coffee-Table Book Fashion Visual Diary
Alexa Chung’s “It” is the fashion insider’s style bible that rarely surfaces in hardcover—especially the 2013 first-issue Penguin edition that quickly went out of print. In 192 heavily-illustrated pages, the British tastemaker blends memoir, scrap-book and visual diary to show how vintage denim, men’s tailoring and rock-band T-shirts become the modern “uniform.” Readers looking for a straight autobiography will still enjoy candid childhood Polaroids and backstage London Fashion Week snapshots, but the real magic is the book’s function as a mood-board: every spread pairs Alexa’s pencilled notes with runway stills, Polaroids, song lyrics and street-style collages that teach you how to build a look instead of simply buying one.
Collectors prize this large-format hardback (24 cm high) because it preserves the original Pantone colours and matte lamination that later paperback reprints lost. The 2013 edition is now the one fashion students hunt for on resale sites—its pages are clean, photo-heavy, and designed to be revisited like a sketchbook. Condition notes show only light exterior scuffing and a faint mark on the top edge; internally the binding is tight and unmarked, making it a display-worthy coffee-table piece that can still travel in a tote for creative inspiration.
Young adults, art students and professional stylists all use “It” as a gateway to understanding British cool without the price of a design-school course. Keywords that surface in searches—Alexa Chung style guide, fashion picture book 2013, Penguin art hardcover, limited edition style memoir—keep demand high, so finding a copy under 600 g and under the original jacket is increasingly rare.
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