Emma Watson's Met Gala dress was made out of recycled plastic bottles

Emma Watson at the Met Gala.
(Image credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Emma Watson made a statement on the Met Gala red carpet: Fashion can be both elegant and sustainable.

Watson was participating in the Green Carpet Challenge, and on Instagram, her stylist, Sarah Slutsky, explained that the five piece look crafted by Calvin Klein was created "from three fabrics woven from yarns all made from recycled plastic bottles. Plastic is one of the biggest pollutants — being able to turn this waste into a high quality material is a real success story."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.