Elle Fanning

[loladonna]

She's cute but clearly dressing for the paps now which makes her seem a little pretentious.

 

[North]

I disagree! She's a teenager enjoying the fashion she has on-hand, experimenting with whatever she personally likes. I miss being able to do that!

 

[catherine88]

She looks so sweet. I think this dress is age-appropriate.

 

[alacrity]

I like the dress but I think the hat is a bit of an overkill. Still looks adorable though, she definitely seems to be having fun with fashion, as she should, she's what, 12 or 13?

 

[sobriquet87]

She looks like Madeline.

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[lvstratus]

One of my favorite look ever!
so cute!

 

[LegsXI]

I was going to say she looks like Madeline! haha very cute!

 

[francesca073]

What a lovely look! I'd wear the dress myself.

 

[charlieandmarie]

She is 13, give her a break. It's so obvious from her previous candids that she's experimenting with fashion and trying to find her own style. I love the outfit!

 

[Aquila]

I love Elle's style. She dresses how she pleases in an age appropriate way.

 

[myown]

and if she´s dressen for paps, so what? everyone is dressing for someone, otherwise we´d run around naked!

 

[HeatherAnne]

I disagree! She's a teenager enjoying the fashion she has on-hand, experimenting with whatever she personally likes. I miss being able to do that!

I agree with you, her interest in fashion is the most obvious thing t me about this set, she is clearly jumping on the 60s mod trend that was all over the F/W 11.12 catwalks. I do sort of see loladonna's point though, it seems she certainly enjoys the paparazzi and attention much more than her sister does.

 

[chickadee]

And that kind of disappoint me. She really doesn't need it. She is such a talented girl. I like jer style but pandering to the paps is a huge turn off.

 

[KoV]

And that kind of disappoint me. She really doesn't need it. She is such a talented girl. I like jer style but pandering to the paps is a huge turn off.

I don't think it's fair to judge her like this. If I had access to all the clothes she does and I was barely 13 years old, I'd love to get my picture taken. She's not an adult and she probably views it more as a "Oh cool, I get to show off my new dress!" than an invasion of privacy.

 

[OhSoTychonic]

I think she doesn't dress for paps! C'mon, she's not dressed up while leaving ballet class, although they always take pics of her.

 

[chickadee]

I don't think it's fair to judge her like this. If I had access to all the clothes she does and I was barely 13 years old, I'd love to get my picture taken. She's not an adult and she probably views it more as a "Oh cool, I get to show off my new dress!" than an invasion of privacy.

Just because she doesn't see anything wrong with it, doesn't mean that the wrong is automatically eliminated. I'll be the first to admit that pretty much anybody who is the least bit interested in fashion, dresses to some extent to get noticed. I think we're all guilty of that in some capacity.

It's a thin line, but dressing up so that she can have her photo taken (if that is in fact what she's doing) is what's known as attention-seeking. It's the habit of stars like Kim Kardashian and Kate Bosworth who don't have anything else to sell themselves on BUT aesthetic. She's better than that. She's got the talent and the beauty to garner the right kind of attention. I'm not saying she's anywhere near as bad as the aforementioned two because she is rather young, but this is ringing slightly narcissistic. Not saying that's what she is, but that's what it's looking like. Particularly when her sister is still seen as the bigger star yet we've got way more photos of Elle in a month than we have ever gotten of Dakota in that same time frame.

Now by contrast, when you look at someone like Cate Blanchett, who is a good actress and does care about fashion, you can see that she really is someone who has fun with it. But there aren't two or three photoshoots of her within a week.

And that's the end of my rant, because I do still love Elle and her style, and I appreciate that she deserves alot more slack given that she's way younger and may not understand the implications of what she's doing. If she is in fact doing that.

 

[Alvedansen]

Getting Starbucks in Santa Monica - September 3, 2011

tlfan

 

[francesca073]

Thirteen and drinking cofee? LOL. Anyway, a lovely dress, but I don't like how yellow her hair looks.

 

[Alvedansen]

^i was thinking the same thing, i certainly wasn't allowed to drink coffee at that age

Out in Studio City - September 5, 2011

tlfan

 

[mangotree]

This is the first of all her recent looks I actually like. Yellow really suits her and her hair looks way better when it's straightened/blown out.