Brand New Fashion Darlings

The Fashion World Welcomes Starlets Chloë Grace Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, and Elle Fanning.

Over the years there have been many ladies of young Hollywood chosen as faces for numerous fashion and beauty campaigns. From Vera Wang to Neutrogena, fresh faces have always been the craze in our society. However, a new trend has risen in the fashion world: hiring actresses under sixteen to promote designer clothing. What is most interesting about this is the fact that these clothes are also intended for grown women. Essentially, these talented starlets are changing the fashion world as we know it. Perhaps the most influential and awe-inspiring of all these are up and coming actresses Chloë Grace Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, and Elle Fanning.

Fourteen year old Moretz is quite the talented actress with an already hefty fan following. She is known for her charming role in Zooey Deshanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s 500 Days of Summer, and her eerie performance in the horror film Let Me In. But her most popular role to date is as Hitgirl in the critically acclaimed hero comedy Kick Ass. Her foul mouthed and violent character charmed her way into the hearts of viewers and critics alike, instantly catapulting her to stardom. She seems to be mature beyond her years, and stars in the newest Martin Scorsese film Hugo. Moretz has recently signed on to play the lead role in Dark Horse comic turned film Emily the Strange. Her offbeat characteristics and intensely focused performance style is perfect for the role, and most fans of the series couldn’t be happier. Along with her refreshing acting style, Moretz is known for the outfits she wears to premieres and interviews, as well as her hair and makeup style. Moretz has been most recently seen wearing Stella McCartney, Dolce and Gabbana, and Valentino. She is the perfect actress to showcase these creations as more and more people are beginning to notice and recognize her talent and influence. Moretz has a very 1920s-esque style that is communicated through her carefully sculpted blonde bob hairdo that screams The Great Gatsby’s Daisy Buchanan.

Steinfeld was a big breakout star of 2011. Her portrayal of Mattie Ross in the Coen brothers’ remake of John Wayne’s True Grit earned her nominations for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, and for a Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award. Steinfeld has a lovely innocence about her, but does not appear to be naïve. Her instantaneous star power and elegancy attracted the likes of Miu Miu, a brand from the Prada fashion house. Miu Miu is an adorable line with a lot of soft pinks and browns incorporated into its outfits. Its style is elegant, but lighter than regular Prada and Chanel. In May 2011, Miu Miu announced that Steinfeld would be its new face. Ever since, the ads have attracted controversy. Organizations claim that using the fourteen year old is inappropriate. Most recently, a picture of Steinfeld sitting on a railways track has come under fire for being “irresponsible,” because of her young age. Steinfeld, who is the right age for the part, has recently been cast as Juliet in an upcoming adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by director Carlo Carlei.

Fanning, the younger thirteen year old sister of accomplished actress Dakota Fanning, has a booming career of her own. She has most recently appeared in The Virgin Suicides director Sophia Coppola’s film Somewhere, and Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi film Super 8. Fanning is a lovely and confident fashion icon with maturity well beyond her years. Marc Jacobs, who has hired her sister in the past for his perfume Lola, used Fanning as a model for his Fall 2011 collection. These photographs were shot by his favorite photographer, Juergen Teller, and feature the younger Fanning sister modeling 70s style clothes and accessories. Both Fanning sisters have received criticism for their modeling, the argument being that they are too young to appear in such “mature” photos. But this has not fazed either of them, and from the looks of it, the duo is on their way to being the new Mary-Kate and Ashley of the fashion world.

It is nice to see the fashion world become more diverse. As long as the pictures of the starlets stay appropriate, criticism should not hinder the labels’ style and inspiration aspirations. All successful and memorable creative game changers have been victims of criticism at some point.

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