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November 6, 2013

Alexa Chung Owes a Lot to Britney Spears

By Jennifer Vineyard

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At last night’s MoMA 2013 Film Benefit, a Chanel-clad Alexa Chung shared her most defining teen fashion moment: “I was at school when Britney Spears’s ‘Baby One More Time’ came out,” she recalled. “I thought it was amazing. I was still at school, and I changed my uniform to look like [hers] — even though hers was an ironic wink at sexuality, and I was just an actual schoolgirl.” (Honestly, we’re not so sure about that “ironic wink” part.) Anyway, Chung’s literal interpretation had its desired effect: “I just looked slutty after that,” she confessed. “So thank you, Britney!”

Click through our slideshow for the full run of last night’s guests, and see GIFs of the red carpet here.

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Nadja Bender, Sebastien Jondeau  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Karlie Kloss  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Hamish Bowles  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Zac Posen  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Cory Kennedy  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Lupita Nyong'o  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Sohee Hwang  Photo: Gary Gershoff/2013 Gary Gershoff
Sofia Coppola  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Ingrid Sischy, Sandy Brant  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Caroline Sieber  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Leigh Lezark  Photo: Gary Gershoff/2013 Gary Gershoff
Ralph Fiennes  Photo: Gary Gershoff/2013 Gary Gershoff
Imogen Poots  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Tilda Swinton, Karl Lagerfeld  Photo: Gary Gershoff/2013 Gary Gershoff
Bee Shaffer  Photo: Gary Gershoff/2013 Gary Gershoff
Lorde  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Alexa Chung  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Rachel Roy  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Brit Marling  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Lizzie Tisch  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Jessica Biel  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Anna Wintour  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
Stephen Jones  Photo: Rob Kim/2013 Getty Images
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