Showgirls recognize showgirls. Isn’t that a saying? Anyway, Emma Watson is inching her way back into the public eye and she’s channeling a certain super star while doing it.
On September 6, the 35-year-old actor made a splash at the Venice Film Festival, appearing at the event for the first time ever. Though it’s been six years since her last big Hollywood role in Little Women, Watson looked right at home in front of the camera, waving at photographers as she stepped off the boat in a Gucci logo shift dress and a pair of classic Ray-Bans.
Of course, this comes after Watson got a bit playful with paparazzi during a recent trip to Saint-Tropez, where she made faces at photographers while hiking in a bikini, crochet cover-up, and colorful sneakers. Though we’re used to seeing the former Harry Potter star with brunette hair, she recently debuted a new blonde look that perfectly suits her summer vacation wardrobe.
Obviously, she channeled a very different vibe at the Italian film festival, though she’s still rocking warm honey blonde highlights. Her little beige shift dress, nude sling-back pumps, and Ray Bans are much closer to the classic preppy aesthetic she’s known to favor.
In fact, she shares some sartorial instincts with another famous blonde—and while Taylor Swift certainly doesn’t own blonde hair, she does possess the exact same Gucci minidress Watson wore in Venice. Though, for her part, Watson seems to have had the $3,700 dress tailored to create more of an A-line silhouette than the straight, ’60s-inspired shape of the original design.
Last September, Swift wore the GG Canvas Dress on a New York City date night with Travis Kelce, pairing the Gucci logo dress with brown leather pockets with a black horsebit bag and matching sandals by the same Italian designer.
While it’s unclear if Watson was directly influenced by Swift’s pap walk, the lime green dress she changed into later that day is giving “Last Great American Dynasty” in the best way possible.
Could this be a sign that Watson has her eye on starring in Swift’s upcoming film? Probably not, but a girl can dream.