Alexa Chung Is Selling Her Actual Wardrobe On Vinted, So Prepare For Millennial Hysteria

This is not a drill: Alexa Chung is selling her wardrobe on Vinted. To millennials and members of Gen X, this is big. Like, really big. Because rather like truffling out pieces of Kate Moss x Topshop, the collaboration that is still doing a brisk trade on eBay two decades later, Chung's clothes have a special kind of sartorial relevance to the generation who grew up trying to copy her fringe and indie sleaze aesthetic on Popworld (RIP).

They've had multiple chances to 'get the look' before, of course. Chung was one of the first celebrities to really understand 'collab culture', partnering with M&S, Madewell and most recently Barbour. But this is the first time people can actually get their hands on clothes that belong to her.

The sale goes live on 4th May - mark your calendars and set your alarms! - and all of the proceeds will go to the charity Endometriosis UK. And Chung's dug deep, selling designer gems that include a crackled-silver pair of trainers which she describes as 'very hard to say goodbye to' (Dries Van Noten), a candy pink shoulder bag (Gucci), a cropped cardi (Marc Jacobs) and much more besides.

Why now? And why Vinted? 'These items carry so many memories and we had great times together but now it is time to kiss them goodbye and the idea that they can live on in someone else’s wardrobe and be new again to them is very appealing,' Chung says, adding, for the benefit of shoppers poised to raid her wardrobe, that vintage is always the way to go: 'I love the magic and rush of unearthing something unexpected that might knock your comfortable style out of its regular lane slightly.'

So what might a different lane resemble exactly? Maybe you're trying to wear fewer pairs of trousers and more dresses. In which case, Chung's Magda Butrym polka-dotted mini is calling your name. What about if you're into the current trend for wearing underwear as daywear (you know, negligee dresses etc)? Chung has an embroidered bralet from Miu Miu, a silky slip by DÔEN, and a frill-hemmed cotton nightie (also DÔEN). But the joy in shopping this particular edit, however, is that it's like personally browsing one of the most idolised wardrobes of this century (not an overstatement).

Still trying to recreate that fringe? Put down the scissors and, instead, start counting down (11 days...).

Shop: Alexa Chung's Wardrobe On Vinted

Natalie Hammond is senior fashion news editor at Grazia. She loves winter, hates summer and can often be found writing about the weather (and what on earth to wear).