Emma Watson

[rustyforareason]

Her head looks awfully square...

 

[simple_elegance]

I'm cringing at that 2nd picture in post 591. >.< I think it's the lighting though, it makes her hair look even shorter than it already is. I'm just curious to see how she'll style it during press time for Deathly Hallows.

 

[lovemetwotimes]

I like the #572 photo a lot!

 

[lonn3k3]

in that second picture she looks like Hilary Swank in "Boys don't cry"

 

[LegsXI]

she looks very nice in the first pic though

 

[immortalbliss]

She does look VERY androgynous.. She needs to wear more feminine clothing now, I think, to balance it out..

From SS.. This was in the EW interview..

She could have cut her hair immediately, but she decided to wait a bit. “It didn’t feel right then; I needed a break.”

“It was weird. My hairdresser was like, ‘When are you going to freak out?’ Most people cry or go into shock,’” she says. “But I was very calm. I knew it was the right thing.”

“I went to the salon alone and I left alone,” she says. “I knew everyone was going to have an opinion, and I couldn’t deal with it. I have to get myself into a good place to deal with people saying things like, ‘It’s terrible! She looks like a boy!’” Says the actress, laughing, “My dad already said that to me, actually. He said, ‘You’re not Audrey Hepburn yet, darling.’”

“He’s like that. I think the best I’ve ever had out of him was before a premiere when he said I ‘scrub up alright.’ When people ask me how I keep myself grounded, there’s the answer.”

I felt the same way before cutting hip-length hair to a bob and I only had to deal with comments from friends and family.. She has to deal with comments from the whole world it seems..

 

[inwhiterooms]

I think (in the B/W photo) she looks so good. So much better with the short hairdo than her long hair. It's like when she had long hair she didn't really know how to style it. That photo really has a Twiggy vibe for me.

 

[xxfashion]

^haha, thats cute! i really love the first picture on the last page. looks great!

 

[Belowen]

One thing about the new hair - Emma has an absolutely stunning face, and amazing strong features (including those beautiful brown eyes) and they are sure to stand out with the new cropped 'do.

 

[simple_elegance]

in that second picture she looks like Hilary Swank in "Boys don't cry"

THAT'S WHO! I was trying to think of who she looked like, and Hilary is IT.

 

[diormouse]

I think her new hair looks cute, although I agree that it might take a month for it to grow out a bit and be a little more feminine. What really surprises me isn't so much her hair, it's the reactions to her hair - I can understand people saying that they don't care for it or that they preferred her longer hair, but some of the comments I've seen are just plain nasty. I'm glad there aren't millions of essentially anonymous people out there behind their computers to pronounce me "hideous" when I get a haircut.

When film star Mary Pickford cut off her signature hair in 1928 after her mother died, her fans were outraged - she was considered the virtuous symbol of traditional femininity among the flappers and vamps like Louise Brooks and Clara Bow. I think it's funny that over eighty years later, a movie star cropping her hair is still headline news.

 

[immortalbliss]

From MeganLeigh in Pottershots.. I thought it was very good and describes what I feel about it perfectly.

Honestly, the last thing I would ever say about this haircut is that it makes her look like a boy.

To me this is the most fantastic and inspirational thing she could have done. It shows that she doesn't define her sexuality, her womanhood, and her femininity by the traditional standards that haunt this society ("In order to be a woman you MUST have long hair!"). To me, this haircut made her go from being a traditional teenage girl to a woman; a strong, brave, powerful, intelligent woman. I have never seen her look more beautiful and more like a woman in the 10 years she has been in the spotlight. She exudes strength and character now like I have never seen from her before.

So in other words, I ****ing love it.

 

[Yendor]

I adore her new look. Guess this marks the end of her Hermione days

 

[rustyforareason]

Brave indeed, and she'll make do... but I'm not sure it's a style she should keep and maintain. She looks nice, but I'm gonna wait to say she owns it. It comes down to attitude and styling and bone structure. So far she's been losing on the last two fronts, and coming out alright on the first.

 

[wickedcrazyness]

I don't immediately love her new hair cut, but I think it will grow on me.
I'm am interested to see whether she will style herself for events the same now, or will she try to dress more feminine.

 

[Neepy]

There is kind of a nineties vibe in the second picture ^^

 

[Alvedansen]

although i still don't love the short hair i have to fully agree with everyone who said that it was a brave move and i honestly have a new respect for her, i doubt i'd have the guts to cut my hair this short and i'm not even a public figure where every little nobody will express their opinion. i also like that she cut it because she wanted it (as opposed to cutting it for a movie part) that's why i'm starting to love it, it's not a style i prefer on her but it when she feels great and liberated...what's to hate? it's just hair and it shows she's not as shallow as many other girls who grow up in Hollywood who have a shoot with Maxim or Playboy to show they're women now and not the little child actor.

 

[jomarlushka]

although i still don't love the short hair i have to fully agree with everyone who said that it was a brave move and i honestly have a new respect for her, i doubt i'd have the guts to cut my hair this short and i'm not even a public figure where every little nobody will express their opinion. i also like that she cut it because she wanted it (as opposed to cutting it for a movie part) that's why i'm starting to love it, it's not a style i prefer on her but it when she feels great and liberated...what's to hate? it's just hair and it shows she's not as shallow as many other girls who grow up in Hollywood who have a shoot with Maxim or Playboy to show they're women now and not the little child actor.

i agree 100% with you Alvedansen
as i said from the beginning - kudos to her for doing it ! first: it's just hair - don't understand people who get almost 'hysterical' when celebs cut their hair and second like i quoted Emma: she wanted it and feels it's something liberating..and third: calling it hideous appears very strange to me: i don't know if people are simply overreacting or really that much ignorant...

 

[123xalady]

i love it. i want to see more pics.

 

[KPapillon]

I'm still not really convinced - I think the style looks great on the official photos, but not so much on the candids.
however, I'm confident that it'll look good in two months or something.
and it definitely was a VERY brave thing to do!