(Cover) - EN Star Style - Alexa Chung bases her outfits on whatever smells cleanest.

The British television presenter/model always looks effortlessly cool, and is considered a style icon for many young women.

But the star says her kooky look isnt the result of hours of outfit planning, insisting she usually just throws outfits together from a huge mound of clothes on her bedroom floor.

I get dressed based on whats closest to my bed and smells the cleanest, she laughed in a video for Teen Vogue.

Theres a big pile on the floor and every morning I just kind of dive in and see what I come out wearing.

Alexa was discussing her collaboration with American fashion retailer Madewell, and revealed some of her favourite garments from the stylish range.

One of the beautys most treasured articles is a polka-dot tea dress, which she says was inspired by her native country, where her compatriots are famed for their love of afternoon tea.

Its very English. You can go and eat some cucumber sandwiches in this and feel like a million bucks, she enthused. (C) Cover Media