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Style wizard Emma Watson casts her magic over ethical fashion -- Actor known
for playing Hermione Granger in Harry Potter films to launch latest People Tree
collection at eco festival. She remains best known for playing the youthful
wizard Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films. But now Emma Watson is weaning
teenage shoppers away from mass-produced chainstore clothes in favour of ethical
fashions made on a small scale in some of the world's poorest nations. Watson's
latest collection for People Tree, which works using strict Fairtrade and environmental
guidelines, will be launched at "a garden party to make a difference",
a 12-day environmental festival organised by the Prince of Wales that will be
held next month in the gardens of his London home, Clarence House. Fashion experts
say Watson, now 20, has a considerable amount of influence among girls and young
women who have watched her gradually shed the image of the somewhat frumpy Hermione
to emerge as a fully fledged fashion icon. "I think a lot of young women
have grown up with her, seen her develop her style," said Emily Sheffield,
deputy editor of British Vogue. "She is a classic English rose." Traditionally,
ethical fashion is a sector associated with older consumers more concerned with
provenance than design. But Orsola de Castro, co-curator of Esthetica, the British
Fashion Council's eco-sustainable initiative, believes this perception is changing
and Watson is part of that. "We have to make ethical fashion available
and interesting and glamorous for the public," she said. "Celebrity
support is providing that platform." Watson says she wants to create clothes
for people of her own age, introducing younger lengths and fitted shapes to
the People Tree brand. "Emma appeals to younger people and the collection
has sold incredibly well on [online fashion outlet] Asos," said Safia Minney,
founder of People Tree. "When clothes are worn by someone as lovely as
Emma, it brings a whole new customer in." Watson's previous collection,
for autumn/winter 2010, will be for sale from Wednesday from People Tree. "Although
I wasn't centrally involved in the design, I had a great fun in helping People
Tree select some gorgeous Fairtrade textiles," she said. "There are
even a few party dresses, such as the little black satin tulip dress which can
be dressed up or down to suit any occasion."


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