"Harry Potter" alum and UN ambassadress for gender equality Emma Watson believes that fashion is all about expressing one's individual style and being comfortable in one's own skin. If something does not feel or look right, Watson said that it's simply better to change clothes than suffer for fashion.
"When I was younger I remember being told 'no pain no gain,' but recently my willingness to wear something that makes me freezing cold or that I can't walk in has changed," she shared during an interview with Porter.
"I want to feel fabulous and comfortable and sexy and strong and beautiful. And if it's making you uncomfortable, don't do it. It's so sad if you need to go home just because you need to sit down! Moving forward, I'm prioritizing just feeling awesome," she added.
It took a while for Watson to develop this perspective. Before, she was more concerned about looking good. Specifically, she cared more about maintaining her role as Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" series, and that is why she grappled with her self-identity when the movies wrapped up.
"(I've) spent more than half of my life pretending to be someone else," she said. "While my contemporaries were dying their hair and figuring out who they were, I was figuring out who Hermione was and how best to portray her."
"Now at 25 for the first time in my life I feel like I have a sense of self that I'm comfortable with," she continued. "I actually do have things that I want to say and I want to be my most authentic self."
To be authentic, Watson said she is careful about what she posts on social media, which can be very deceiving.
"I don't want there to be a big separation between the public and the private person. It's definitely the harder road to tread, but without a doubt, ultimately the most rewarding," she said. "It sounds like a ridiculous thing to say, but I'm very interested in truth, in finding ways to be messy and unsure and flawed and incredible and great and my fullest self, all wrapped into one."
The actress also discussed the documentary "The True Cost" on her Facebook page, which reveal the horrifying realities that take to provide people with fast fashion. She is now mindful of the fashion choices she makes and the impact it has on other people's lives.
