Dakota Johnson Laments Loss of Life's Mystery In Laurie Bartley Images For The Edit

Fifty Shades actor Dakota Johnson trades her dog collar and leash for a PHD in English lit, styled in Bloomsbury pattern looks a la Annie Hall by Tracy Taylor. Photographer Laurie Bartley is in the book stacks for The Edit.

At Elle's 2015 Women in Hollywood awards, Leslie Mann, who stars in the new comedy 'How To Be Single', quipped: "In real life, I feel like (Dakota) would eat Christian Grey. She would suspend him from the ceiling and smack him open like a piñata.”Reflecting on the '50 Shades' BDSM movie, Dakota laments:

"It almost feels like a free-for-all nowadays. There’s no more mystery, no more elegance.The Golden Globes, for example, used to be so special. It was a time when you got to see your favorite people, who were making your favorite movies, all interacting with each other; having some witty banter, being enticing and charming. You didn’t see actors unless they were on the red carpet; they weren’t publicly photographed all the time. Now anyone can take my picture, and I can take anyone’s picture, at any moment. I feel like something has been lost.” Alarmingly, Johnson looks as though she is on the verge of crying. “It’s like a little bit of magic is slipping away and I don’t know why.” It’s a modern trade-off for her job, after all, I mutter, hoping this won’t make tears cascade. “I know it is,” she says, both frankly and forlornly. “And, today, I don’t feel OK with that.”