Move Over Natalie, Rodarte's Dressing Elle Fanning Now.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 11:30AM Rodarte aka the Mulleavey sisters,who recently won lots of press (some of it unwanted) for their featherly jeweled contributions to Black Swan, continue to make Hollywood inroads. Elle Fanning is now wearing their Spring Collection creations exclusively in a fashion short. If you didn't get enough of hazy leisurely shots of Elle Fanning lolling about in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, you're in luck.
Dakota's little sister stars in Todd Cole's short film for Rodarte called "The Curve of Forgotten Things" which debuted on Nowness this morning. The look is golden 70s, referencing dusty films like Badlands. But since it's a fashion short, Fanning gets a bigger wardrobe than Sissy had in that seminal classic. (In reality Fanning is a fashionista and collects vintage wear, the 1950s being her favorite.) The droning eery Lynchian soundtrack might be a bit much but it's beautifully shot and the transitions between outfits are amusing.
Short fashion/merchandise films are all the rage these days (you'll remember Marion Cotillard's Lady Dior vehicles, surely). Still, we have yet to see the likes of The Hire repeated. That series starring Clive Owen as "The Driver" was just so special.
Elle Fanning, Rodarte, short films
Reader Comments (4)
I can't believe she's 12. And people wondered about Dakota being weirdly mature for her age.
12!? I was thinking she was 15. i have never paid her much attention before this year because didn't like the idea of her stealing Dakota's thunder ;)
Oh boy, I hope Dakota and Elle don't turn into the new Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland.
^ You know they will! LOL