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Fashion's It Girls

Designers from Chanel to Prada are fighting to put their dresses on teen stars. From Hailee Steinfeld to Elle Fanning, Isabel Wilkinson on the fashion world's new starlet obsession.

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The 14-year-old True Grit nominee wore a Prada striped dress and peep-toe shoes to the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She paired the look with a Solange Azagury-Partridge ring.

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At the Golden Globes, Steinfeld wore a cream dress by Prabal Gurung, which she paired with an Amanda Pearl clutch, Tiffany jewels, and Ferragamo shoes.

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Steinfeld wore a rose Marchesa mini-dress to the 2011 Critics' Choice Awards with Jimmy Choo booties and Van Cleef & Arpels diamonds. Fanning wore a beaded Valentino mini-dress and demure Mary Janes.

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Twelve-year-old Fanning wore a Rodarte dress custom-made for her by the line's design-team, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, to the New York premiere of Somewhere in December.

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Fanning wore a Marchesa mini-dress to the Elle 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills in October.

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At the premiere of Somewhere at the Venice Film Festival in September, Fanning took a ballerina-like turn in a Marc Jacobs dress and silver pumps.

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The eldest Fanning sister wore a Valentino A/W 2010 dress to the BAFTA awards last November.

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Thirteen-year-old Chloe Moretz wore a dress from Chanel's Cruise 2011 collection at the British Academy Children's Awards in London in November.

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At the Dolce & Gabbana show during Milan Fashion Week last fall, Smith wore a pair of Christian Louboutin studded boots with a red motorcycle jacket and leopard print clutch.

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