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"I like mixing things. I wear a lot of boots. Love boots. And then jeans, but I like to wear them with a really ruffly top. Or I love high-waisted anything"

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Elle Fanning’s style talk lands with the casual authority of someone who grew up in front of cameras and learned that “personal taste” is never just personal. The sentence-level simplicity - boots, jeans, ruffles, high-waisted anything - reads like a diary entry, but the intent is more strategic: she’s sketching a recognizable silhouette that signals range. Boots and jeans are the American default, sturdy and unpretentious; a “really ruffly top” interrupts that baseline with sweetness, theatricality, even a faintly period-piece vibe. Mixing is the point, and she says it outright. In a celebrity ecosystem that rewards both relatability and distinction, “I like mixing things” is a safe manifesto: individualism without alienation.

The subtext is about control. An actress’s body is routinely costumed by other people - directors, stylists, brands, the red carpet’s unspoken rules. By listing repeatable preferences (“a lot of boots,” “love high-waisted anything”), she’s staking out small, dependable choices amid an industry built on reinvention. High-waisted also carries a quiet promise of classicism: it nods to vintage proportions and old-Hollywood polish, but framed here as an everyday habit rather than a museum piece.

Context matters: Fanning’s public image has long been “ethereal” or “princessy,” a label that can flatten adult complexity. Boots are a counterweight, a way to ground the ruffles. The charm of the quote is that it sells a cultural role - feminine without fragility, playful without chaos - using the least pretentious language possible.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Fanning, Elle. (2026, January 15). I like mixing things. I wear a lot of boots. Love boots. And then jeans, but I like to wear them with a really ruffly top. Or I love high-waisted anything. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-mixing-things-i-wear-a-lot-of-boots-love-78556/

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Fanning, Elle. "I like mixing things. I wear a lot of boots. Love boots. And then jeans, but I like to wear them with a really ruffly top. Or I love high-waisted anything." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-mixing-things-i-wear-a-lot-of-boots-love-78556/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I like mixing things. I wear a lot of boots. Love boots. And then jeans, but I like to wear them with a really ruffly top. Or I love high-waisted anything." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-mixing-things-i-wear-a-lot-of-boots-love-78556/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998) is a Actress from USA.

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