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Elle Fanning Features Breakdown - What are her body type and essences?

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Ellie-Jean Royden
Mar 25, 2025
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Elle Fanning is known for her angelic, fairytale-inspired, girlish looks both on and off the red carpet. Her stylist, Samantha McMillan, has created one of the best, signature celebrity style “brands” through Elle in our current Hollywood landscape. In a period where celebrities are almost exclusively pitched as sexy and cool, Elle’s more innocent style stands apart.

Body Type

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Length

What goes without saying is that Elle is long. She is 5”9, making her pretty tall inherently, and this is reflected in her vertical line. In shorter clothes, Elle Fanning feels more playful than timeless. Although short lines don’t feel inherently “off” because of her ingenue essence, they feel more avant-garde, whereas longer styles feel more elegant and natural against her.

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