From the moment Alexa Chung put on a Peter Pan-collared shirt and leather shorts, the model-turned-fashion muse has remained a beacon of effortlessly cool style. Though her twee days are long behind her, sure, there might be a glimpse of a Paddington Bear-style duffle coat here and there, there’s no denying that she’s been a guiding light for many looking for inspiration against a merciless trend cycle.

Still, there’s no denying her influence in dictating these trends either, from the Mulberry bag named after her to the rise of her signature stovepipe jeans. Still, whether she’s capturing her covetable ensembles on her Ring doorbell camera or walking the runway at Chloé, we can’t seem to get enough of what she wears.

This is probably due to the fact that she herself has never been bound to a particularly strict uniform. Take her latest look, for instance. Arriving back in time for London Fashion Week, the original It girl defied every expectation for what you’d think a sleek travel outfit would look like, turning up at London City Airport wearing a raglan tee, a gingham print skirt and Staud’s Maude Carryall in Black Croco.

For those of us who have been constrained to a regimented formula of flying loose jeans and practical trainers, this look just gave us permission to throw this convention to the wind and take to the skies in whatever your interpretation of comfortable dressing is.