Dakota Fanning is the new 'face' of Marc Jacobs

Dakota No, you're not seeing things: that headline really does say that the new 'face' of Marc Jacobs' fashion line is ... a 12 year old. Not just any 12 year old, of course: she's Dakota Fanning, star of War of the Worlds, Charlotte's Web, and just about every other film going that requires a child actress. And now she's the star of Marc Jacob's new advertising campaign for his Spring 2007 collection. Shot by Juergen Teller in Los Angeles, the pictures feature Dakota in a selection of specially-made child-size versions of Jacob's collection. I promise I'm not making this up.

So, given that Liz Hurley's animal print swimsuits went down like a lead balloon, how long do you think it'll take for the likes of Anne Widdicome and children's charities to take exception to this one? And, more importantly, would they be right to object?

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kaylea

i think she is doing a great job at working actress and modeling u rule dakota

Amber

I think "weird" was my first reaction to this one, too. I can kind of see where he's coming from with the quirky, but I'd rather see the clothes on an adult to get an idea of what they'd actually look like. Not, mind you, that the average Marc Jacobs model would give me much of a clue what the clothes would look like on *me*, of course...

Amanda

I don't think its so much about looking like a 12 year old so much as it is Marc Jacobs trying to create a quirky, memorable ad campaign. Let's face it, the ones that catch our attention are the ones that have something that makes them a little off-kilter. A 12 year old model qualifies.