Emma Watson Debuts Her Lightest Hair Color in Years for Her Venice Debut
She also wore a brown Gucci mini shift dress.
The Gist
- Emma Watson made her Venice Film Festival debut on September 6, arriving at the Excelsior Hotel sporting new honey blonde hair.
- She wore a brown Gucci mini shift dress, brown heels, and black Ray-Bans with her new look.
- Watson's Venice debut comes after she made a low-key appearance at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
Emma Watson has arrived at the Venice Film Festival for her first-ever appearance at the festival. However, you'd be forgiven for missing her—because she is sporting a brand new look. It seems that the Harry Potter actress, who has been a deep brunette for the past few years, has undergone a dramatic honey blonde hair transformation.
Watson wore her new soft blonde hair in long textured wavy layers that were parted in a messy-chic zig-zag style and fell just past her shoulders.
She paired her new 'do with a brown Gucci minidress with leather detailing that featured a 1960's-inspired shift silhouette. The look was completed with delicate silver jewelry, black Ray-Bans, brown pointed toe heels, and a minimalist barely-there pink manicure.
This marks Watson's first visit to the Venice Film Festival. Earlier this year, she made a low-key appearance at Cannes, making her return to the festival for the first time in 12 years.
Last month, Watson made another rare appearance, stepping out on the beach with a friend wearing a sheer black cover-up. Last February, Watson also attended Prada's show during Milan Fashion Week, rocking a summery dress and a divisive millennial side-part.
Watson's appearances are few and far between—following her Harry Potter fame, she appeared in a number of films including Beauty and the Beast, The Circle, and Little Women. However, for the past six years, she has stepped back from acting. And apparently, she's happy she did.
"I'm just so glad that I did," she told British Vogue back in 2023, "because I have this feeling of having my own voice and creative space and sovereignty in some way that I don't think I did before—more autonomy."
Watson is currently a DPhil student in creative writing at Oxford University.
