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Alexa Chung and Boris Johnson in New York – stylewatch

Mayor of London Boris Johnson meets Alexa Chung at a reception and dinner in New York hosted by the British Fashion Council.
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Alexa Chung and Boris Johnson were in New York on Tuesday night for a dinner hosted by the British Fashion Council – and how’s this for a tale of two power suits? Johnson looks as though he has just rolled off the red-eye, with signature ruffled hair, creased shirt and thick City boy tie knot. Chung looks rather more modern in a sleek navy trouser suit with – just seen – a cheerful purple and leopard-print clutch. When we look at this picture, let’s remember that Chung is a model whose job involves manipulating her facial muscles so they look perfectly relaxed in unnatural, sometimes precarious, situations. Here, however, she is wincing.

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