Dakota Fanning ELLE Canada November 2016 Photoshoot

Dakota Fanning on ELLE Canada November 2016 Cover

Actress Dakota Fanning looks pretty in pink on the November 2016 cover of ELLE Canada. Photographed by Max Abadian, the blonde wears a Chloe dress over a Tome turtleneck for the cropped shot. Inside the magazine, Dakota wears embellished styles from the fall collections including leather, lace and even a touch of Swarovski crystals. Stylist Julianna Schiavinatto selects the designs of Valentino, Kenzo, Lanvin and more for her to wear. Brittany Eccles worked on art direction for the shoot with hair by Jenda Alcorn and makeup by Lisa Storey. / Manicure by Tracey Sutter

“There was a period when it felt like people weren’t going to let me grow up,” Dakota says about transitioning from child star to full-fledged actor. “And for a minute, I thought, ‘I can either let this define my life and be about trying to prove something to people, or I can forget about it and just let it happen naturally, and people can get on the train or not.’ I guess I could have gone and done bad things to prove I’m old enough to do them, but I didn’t need to do that. I started at six and now I’m almost 23—that’s a couple of lifetimes!”