Dakota Fanning Revives a ’90s Grunge Beauty Statement

Forget no-makeup makeup: If today’s woman faces one thoroughly hard-to-master challenge in the vanity department, it’s an exquisitely mussed head of waves. You know, the maddeningly laborious process of achieving a wispy, slightly disheveled texture that suggests the kind of girl whose hair requires no more by way of styling than a breezy day—no matter how much dry shampoo, finger-twirling, and stealth maneuvering of a diffuser are actually involved.

Whatever the recipe for Dakota Fanning’s gorgeous mess of bleached tendrils in Manhattan yesterday, we want it. Falling into grungy pieces that sported a chic hint of static frizz and the distinctly lemony undertones of a ’90s-era Courtney Love, Fanning’s wind-whipped strands had the right amount of rocker edge for her oversize blazer, frayed denim cutoffs, and fishnets. And while the perfect technique behind the sweater weather–ready tousle—sleeping in damp braids? adopting a conditioner-free lifestyle?—may be up for debate, one thing’s for certain: Beach hair has found its fall match.

 

Elle and Dakota Fanning talk experimenting with fashion on the 2013 Met Gala red carpet:

 

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