Dakota Fanning Lookin' All Growns Up in NYT Fall Style Magazine!

I know that we don't really do Twilight news here at Twitarded (unless you consider "Robert Pattinson is HAWT!!!" or "New Moon Movie Makes Me Go "SQUEEE!!!" to be breaking stories), but I was just flipping through the New York Times Style Magazine in between doing bloggy stuff and catching up on emails (yeah, that's my lame attempt at multi-tasking) when I stumbled upon these drop-dead-gorgeous photos of Dakota Fanning - and really, they just knocked my socks off. She seems like she's got real staying power and is going to be one of the few who makes the transition from "child star" to "Star" and does it gracefully, which is more that I can say for many young wanna-bes (I'm lookin' at you, Lindsey Lohan - go away already, ok?). Even when she was younger, it was clear she was talented - I saw her in "War of the Worlds," and although I think her only oft-repeated line in the movie was "SCREEEEEEEEEEECH!!!!," I was still impressed. Which says a lot, because I'm generally in agreement with W.C. Fields on the whole "never work with children or animals" thing.

Here's a blurb and I've scanned the photos below (that's right - Twitaded's first bloggy scoop! Woooo!!), but you can read the whole interview at the NYT's website!

Drama Teen
DAKOTA FANNING, 15 GOING ON 30,
PLAYS DRESS-UP. BY PETER McQUAID

Photographs by Mark Segal

Dakota Fanning is so self-possessed and so articulate that the only reminder you’re speaking with a 15-year-old and not someone much older is her occasional tendency to giggle when she’s sharing some droll aspect of her life.

Such a life. With the camera running, Fanning has been kidnapped, beaten, covered with live snakes, sexually assaulted and menaced by beings human and not.

When I was being lazy and seeing if anyone else had the images that I could just copy (they didn't), I noticed that The Frisky also covered this story (and if you haven't checked out The Frisky, you should!) -

Image from The Frisky.

The fall fashion issue of the New York Times’ T Magazine boasts a stunning spread of 15-year-old Dakota Fanning. Dressed in nude, brown, and cream colors, the star’s monochromatic style is super luxe and features Dior, Lanvin, and Chanel. The actress attends private school, is a cheerleader, and has an obsession with Marni platforms. While she may be growing up into a highbrow celeb, she’s still an adolescent: “[She’s] pleased to exercise the prerogative that states that for a period in one’s life, a particular pair of shoes—or a bag or a boy, for that matter—can be perfect in every respect and should be worn (or phoned) every day.” Of course, if we had a closet full of Marni pumps, we’d be wearing them every day with as much youthful zeal. [New York Times]