Dakota Fanning laughs outside her new home in LA while wearing a red and white gingham dress

Movie star Dakota Fanning looked happy as can be outside her new storybook home in Los Angeles, California on Friday. 

The I Am Sam actress, 26, was snapped with her mother, Heather Joy Arrington, laughing up a storm while furniture was being delivered ahead of the weekend.

Dakota wore a stunning gingham dress while hanging outside of her residence, in the shades of red and white. 

Fanning’s dress featured an elastic empire waist, and poofy three-quarter sleeves.

The garment showed off her collarbone with a straight, low bust line. 

Dakota’s skirt hung to her mid-calf, and she sported fun and colorful Gucci trainers on her feet.

To complete her look, the War Of The Worlds star wore a headband in the same pattern as her frock, and she had several bangles on one wrist. 

Finally, Fanning wore ovular reddish sunglasses in the afternoon sunshine.

Her mother Heather, 52, wore all black.  

The front entrance of Dakota’s abode certainly looked fit for a Hollywood princess, complete with a pretty pink front door and lush roses in white and pink in the front yard. 

Recently, Dakota’s younger sister Elle, also a bona fide Hollywood starlet, spoke about how this time of lockdown has in fact been a lovely time for her to slow down and have quality moments with her mom, grandma and older sibling. 

Elle, 22, told DuJour magazine on Monday that while she lives with her mother and grandmother in California when not filming, Dakota, who usually lives in New York, has now joined the pack. 

‘It’s a rare occasion that we get to be together. So we’re enjoying each other’s company,’ she said.