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Emma Watson has starred in a variety of roles, including her iconic performance as Hermione Granger, and also uses her clothes to show off how well one can look in recycled materials. She earned international fame playing Hermione Granger in the beloved Harry Potter films.
The wildly popular series earned Watson $70 million alone. However, the star is known for more than just her acting. Taking control of her outfits on the red carpet, her wardrobe includes many amazing eco-friendly outfits.
Not only does she wear clothes re-created from things thrown away every day, she speaks out about important environmental matters. There are many who might wonder about Watson’s love life. Instead, the actor prefers to promote issues important to her, including women’s rights and the environment.
Emma Watson became a high-earning star because of her role in the Harry Potter series and now uses fashion to promote her activism.
Did Emma Watson’s First Character Influence Her Style?
Cast at nine years old, Emma Watson was memorizing lines and shooting her first film, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone, at a young age. Watson, along with co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, became a globally-recognized star as the three grew up on-screen.
She went on to star in seven more films in the Harry Potter franchise, earning herself $70 million in the process. Her parents helped prepare her for the fame that came with being easily recognized. She says her iconic first character has helped her find her own style.
In an interview with WWD, she said, “I have Hermione to thank, in a weird way, for my sense of style. Playing this role, fashion was my way of expressing myself away from that school uniform. When I got the chance to dress myself, I was so thrilled to be able to be Emma and show a different side of myself.”
As Hermione, Emma Watson had to wear her hair, nails and clothes in a careful uniform. She also had to wear the same costume every day. This seems to have had an effect on her, and now she says she finds freedom in fashion.
While speaking with WWD she said, “Maybe I would never have been this interested in fashion if I hadn’t played that role for so long and sometimes felt so constrained by being identified with her so much. I just wasn’t allowed to do anything: wasn’t allowed to cut my hair, put on nail varnish, tan, wear a bra that made my boobs in any way look [larger], have any flesh showing, wear any makeup when I was playing Hermione.”
That seems like a lot of restrictions for anyone! It’s no surprise that after having to wear, or not wear, the same thing all the time, Watson found a voice in her iconic wardrobe. “Fashion was my rebellion,” she said to WWD.
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Emma Watson Could Find Freedom In Fashion
After rising to world-wide fame as Hermione Granger, the actress seemed to feel disconnected. She told Vanity Fair, “I’d walk down the red carpet and go into the bathroom. I had on so much makeup and these big, fluffy, full-on dresses.”
She continued, stating, “I’d put my hands on the sink and look myself in the mirror and say, ‘Who is this?’ I didn’t connect with the person who was looking back at me, and that was a very unsettling feeling.”
Watson used fashion to update Belle’s look in Beauty and the Beast. According to Vanity Fair, “Watson worked with costume designer Jacqueline Durran to incorporate pockets in her costume that are ‘kind of like a tool belt.'”
Watson also told Vanity Fair, “The original sketches had her (Belle) in her ballet shoes, which are lovely-don’t get me wrong-but she’s not going to be able to do anything terribly useful in ballet shoes in the middle of a French provincial village.” Watson was able to wear riding boots for the role, giving her character an updated look.
It seems that clothes mean something to Emma Watson. After wearing the same uniform while playing Hermione Granger, she’s able to freely express herself using her outfits. She can also give some of her characters a new look using fashion.
Emma Watson has been able to use the attention she attracts to shine a light on big issues. Appointed a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in 2014, she helped start the HeForShe campaign. HeForShe is the UN’s global movement for gender equality.
A book lover, she started an online feminist book club, Our Shared Shelf. It’s a bi-monthly book club that currently has over 360 thousand followers on Instagram.
In an article with UN Women, Watson stated, “Being asked to serve as UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling. The chance to make a real difference is not an opportunity that everyone is given and is one I have no intention of taking lightly.”
Emma Watson also uses her wardrobe to raise awareness. She created an instagram account that features her eco-friendly fashion and showed off many of her outfits from her Beauty and the Beast press tour. She also wore a dress to the 2016 Met Gala that was created from recycled plastic bottles.
The Calvin Klein dress she wore to the Met Gala isn’t the only time she has worn eco-friendly attire. Using the red carpet to promote sustainable fashion, she’s been known to wear beautiful dresses made from throw away materials and natural fabrics, such as discarded fabrics, recycled plastic bottles and organic silk.
