+
Sign up for
The Upworthiest
Our top stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox.

Emma Watson's latest looks are turning heads thanks to her eco-friendly clothes and accessories.

She's a celebrated actress, Brown graduate, and a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.

Now, Emma Watson is lending her celebrity to another worthy cause: sustainable fashion.

Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images.

Sustainable fashion is right at the intersection of social responsibility and environmentalism. It's all about developing high-quality clothing and accessories that are made ethically using renewable, recycled, or sustainable resources and materials.

Why is it so awesome? Sustainable fashion can stimulate economic growth, save valuable resources, and give old products new life. It's a win for the fashion industry and the world. Just ask Watson. She's a huge advocate of the growing industry.

Watson has championed socially conscious fashion for years, even launching her own collection.

In 2010, Watson teamed up with the fair-trade and organic clothier People Tree to release a small collection of clothing and home goods. Her 24-item collection used upcycled materials and organic cotton, and it was stitched, woven, and embroidered by fair-trade groups.

She even traveled to Bangladesh to meet the makers behind People Tree and learn more about fair-trade practices.


This month, she's taking part in the Green Carpet Challenge, an effort to bring sustainable fashion front and center.

Developed by the sustainability consulting firm Eco Age, the Green Carpet Challenge is a large-scale collaboration between high-end fashion houses (think Gucci, Armani, Lanvin) and buzzworthy celebrities. And right now, celebrities like Watson, Cate Blanchett, and Colin Firth are helping sustainable fashion take center stage at high-profile events.

Watson on the red carpet in Madrid wearing all sustainable clothes and accessories. Photo by Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images.

Watson is working with her stylist to wear a new sustainable look every day of her latest press tour.

With the help of her stylist, Sarah Slutsky, Watson is going head to toe (or, rather, earrings to shoes) in eco-friendly, socially conscious looks while she promotes her new film, "Regression."


First day of Regression press off to an incredible start. Obsessed with this @ralphlauren look made only better by the company's long standing commitment to not use fur products. Jewels by @cartier who is committed to responsible and sustainable business principles and practices in both the supply chain and their own business. Shoes by @paulandrew are all handmade in Italy by artisans who have been making shoes for decades-- some for generations And of course hair by the lovely @visapyyapy and makeup but by brilliant @charlottehayward @emmawatson
A photo posted by Sarah Slutsky (@sarahslutsky) on


Slutsky is posting Watson's outfits to Instagram daily, tagging the designers and brands, and sharing details about their sustainable practices.

Television junket continues! Love this chic little @Erdemlondon dress created from fabrics sourced in Italy and produced in Portugal! The suppliers and producers of these bad-ass boots by @Alexawagnershoes are located in Milan. Alexa Wagner is proud of their quality control systems, the excellent workspace and atmosphere provided for their employees. Jewels from @MoniquePean who strives to raise awareness of art, culture and global environmental issues through design, and is committed to partnering with artisans around the world to support traditional craftsmanship. Love this Feminine/Masculin Bag (because traits of both is beautiful!) by @clarevivier who roots herself in the Los Angeles design community, where her line has been made exclusively since 2008. Team on #beauty @charlottehayward @visapyyapy 💁 @emmawatson
A photo posted by Sarah Slutsky (@sarahslutsky) on


And you don't need to be a celebrity to rock socially conscious duds.

If you want to do your part but can't afford clothes from high-end fashion houses, you're in luck: there are many up-and-coming brands and designers focusing on sustainable options that are affordable.

A woman works at Timbuk2 in San Francisco, making jackets and iPad sleeves out of leather salvaged from old luxury cars. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

Supporting these makers is easier than ever before. From recycled jeans to hemp tank tops, there's something for everyone who wants a more socially conscious closet.

From Your Site Articles
Family

Korean mom has a perfect response to the teacher who called her son's lunches 'disgusting'

Good for her for standing up for her child's culture.

via Roman Harak/Flickr

A Korean mother and her son

A recently posted story on Reddit shows a mother confidently standing up for her family after being bullied by a teacher for her culture. Reddit user Flowergardens0 posted the story to the AITA forum, where people ask whether they are wrong in a specific situation.

Over 5,600 people commented on the story, and an overwhelming majority thought the mother was right. Here’s what went down:

“I (34F) have a (5M) son who attends preschool. A few hours after I picked him up from school today, I got a phone call from his teacher,” Flowergardens0 wrote. “She made absolutely no effort to sound kind when she, in an extremely rude and annoyed tone, told me to stop packing my son such ‘disgusting and inappropriate’ lunches."

Keep ReadingShow less
parenting
Joy

Teen with a fishing magnet found a safe full of cash. And then he returned it all to its owner.

The safe was stolen 22 years ago.

via Wikimedia Commons

It's incredible what a double-sided magnet can do.


A new trend in treasure hunting called magnet fishing has blown up over the past two years, evidenced by an explosion of YouTube channels covering the hobby. Magnet fishing is a pretty simple activity. Hobbyists attach high-powered magnets to strong ropes, drop them into waterways and see what they attract.

The hobby has caught the attention of law enforcement and government agencies because urban waterways are a popular place for criminals to drop weapons and stolen items after committing a crime. In 2019, a magnet fisherman in Michigan pulled up an antique World War I mortar grenade and the bomb squad had to be called out to investigate.


Keep ReadingShow less
good samaritan
Family

Dad gives his young daughter a 'spa day' while mom and sister are out and people are gushing

"This healed a part of me. Thank you for doing this with your daughter."

Mason Smith/Instagram

Mason Smith pampered his baby girl during her "spa day."

Raising kids is no small feat. Just the basic logistics of caring for a human being from their helpless newborn stage to the full-fledged adult stage is a lot, much less doing the countless other things that will actually help that human thrive.

Parents who go above and beyond to create a nurturing environment and build strong core memories with their kids are inspiring examples for us all, and one dad's spa day with his daughter has people positively gushing.

Mason Smith (@thedadsocial) shared a video of a special spa day he gave his young daughter when her mom and older sister were having their own pampered outing. "Mom and sister went to the salon so I couldn't have her feeling left out," he wrote.

Keep ReadingShow less
dads and daughters
Family

Ring doorbell video captures the phenomenon of what it's like to be the default parent

Millions of us know what it's like to be the "default parent."

Toniann Marchese/TikTok

Ring doorbell video captures what it's like to be the default parent.

Kids, man. I'm not sure of the scientific way audacity is distributed, but kids have a lot of it and somehow make it cute. That audacity overload is especially interesting when you're the default parent—you know, the parent kids go to for literally everything as if there's not another fully capable adult in the house. Chances are if your children haven't sought you out while you were taking a shower so you could open up a pack of fruit snacks, then you're not the default parental unit.

One parent captured exactly what it's like to be the default parent and shared it to TikTok, where the video has over 4 million views. Toniann Marchese went on a quick grocery run and *gasp* did not inform her children. Don't you fret, they're modern kids who know how to use modern means to get much-needed answers when mom is nowhere to be found. They went outside and rang the doorbell.

Back when we were children, this would've done nothing but make the dogs bark, but for Marchese's kids, who are 3 and 6 years old, it's as good as a phone call.

Keep ReadingShow less
parenting
Pop Culture

'American Idol' contestant has perfect response to Katy Perry's 'mom-shaming' joke

The 25-year-old used the moment to stand up for moms everywhere.

@sarabethliebe/TikTok

"Keep loving your babies."

You might recall us singing the praises of Sara Beth, the exuberant young mom with major vocal chops dubbed the “Accidental American Idol.”

During Sara Beth’s initial audition for the show, judge Katy Perry made a joke that rubbed many viewers the wrong way.

Before Sara Beth even began to sing, the 25-year-old revealed that she had three children, which prompted Katy Perry to dramatically stand up from her seat and feign shock. When Sara Beth, all smiles, said, “If Katy lays on the table, I think I’m going to pass out,” Perry retorted, “Honey, you’ve been laying on the table too much.”

Keep ReadingShow less
celebrity
Pop Culture

These incredible acoustic cameras can actually see sound

Here's how they work.

via Steve Mould/YouTube

YouTube creator Steve Mould shows us what echo looks like through an acoustic camera.

It’s bizarre to think about seeing sound, but nowadays we can do just that. If you haven’t seen an acoustic camera before, that’s because they’re mainly used for industrial purposes, but they’ve been available commercially from gfai tech since 2001.

YouTuber Steve Mould, who has a science channel with over 2.1 million subscribers, took the complicated concept of the acoustic camera and made it easy to understand in his latest video, “Acoustic cameras can SEE sound.”

In the video, Mould explains how an acoustic camera is much like your smartphone's video recorder. But it also creates visual representations of sound emanating from where it’s generated within the video.

Keep ReadingShow less
technology
Trending Stories