Grade school chic

Dakota Fanning is the new face of Marc Jacobs. Seriously.

A 12 year old as the face of Marc Jacobs? I suppose that we as women are being encourage to revert to our youth on a daily basis, but this is absurd. I love little Dakota, but when I think fashion, I think whimsical and sexy, not whimsical and grade school. Dakota is so small the clothes had to be custom made for her.

beginning this February, the child actress will grace the ad pages of edgy fashion magazines W and Vogue. Yes, that's grown-up Vogue — not Teen Vogue, where she previously appeared in an editorial spread. And it's no matter that she recently got braces. She'll be wearing couture from the Marc Jacobs collection, in sizes made specially for the photo shoot.

"Marc loves her character and thinks she is beautiful and a great actress," Marc Jacobs president Robert Duffy was quoted as saying. "He loved the idea of having this young, small girl in the clothes, and we made them in her size to shoot her in."

So not a good idea.