| masterofmystery | 08-09-2010 09:52 PM |
Emma Watson tours Bangladesh for People Tree fashion line
Emma Watson went to Bangladesh last month to get an insight as to how many of the fabrics from her People Tree fashion line were created. A new article has been released, translated from Bengali to English courtesy of charmgirl, which explained Emma's stay there in detail, and what she learned. A new photo of Emma cutting some of the fabric in a Bangladeshi clothes shop was released with the article, and can be found in our galleries. http://www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/..._417_83473.jpg Quote:
In search of fashion, Emma arrived at the small village of Khanapara. There, She went to visit the workers of Khanapara Soyaloj Development Society. She sat with them and learned how to sew properly and tried her hand at sewing.
Emma's trip to Bangladesh has been very hush hush. She has been preparing to visit the country for over a year. The manager of Soyaloj society said, "I've been communicating with Emma for over a year through e-mail but her schedule is so busy that she couldn't find time. She was planned to visit twice before but had to cancel last minute. But finally she made it on July 6th."
On July 6th, Emma flew to Dhaka and upon arriving, took a train straight to Rajshahi. She enjoyed the whole train ride very much. She showed childlike enthusiasm for the miles of green fields on either side and was surprised to find children playing football in the mud without any clothes.
She arrived at Rajshahi around nightfall and a car ride from there took her to the village of Khanapara. The next day, she went around town and looked around the whole Soyaloj society.
First she learned to color the threads, then sewing, cutting clothes, and operating the sewing machine. She sat with deep concentration as she cut the clothes properly and then sewed them up using the sewing machine. She went to visit the daycare center and the elementary schools of the kids of the female workers at soyaloj. She gave the kids books and bought them breakfast.
In the afternoon, she took a boat ride to the Padma river. As soon as their boat left, a water dolphin popped up. The bubbly Emma started clapping and dancing like a little girl and said, "I am so lucky! I just got in the water and came across a river dolphin."
She was humming a song during the entire boat ride. At first, it was difficult to understand what she was humming but it was clear in the evening when she sang that song for everybody at the Soyaloj singathon. Though at one time, the workers at Soyloj were in a bit of a loss when Emma expressed her interest in getting a ride around town on a Rickshaw. She sent her security away after refusing to listen to their many objections, hopped on a Rickshaw and went around town waving her feet up and down.
On 8th July, she took pictures wearing the clothes made at Soyaloj and that afternoon she took a train back to Dhaka.
There has been no diffculty about Emma's security in this very secretive trip. At the station, streets, trains... everyone saw her but no one could believe that Emma would actually come to Bangladesh and without even any noise. But one university student recognized her staright away. He walked right up to her and asked if she was Emma Watson. Emma gave a shy smile and nodded her head. The excited boy asked to take a picture with her with his cell phone, to which she complied.
The manager at Soyaloj requested the guy to not tell others about Emma. The guy agreed but with one condition... if they let his friend take a picture with Emma also. Emma waited as he called his friend and then posed for a picture with the two guys standing on either side of her.
On 9th July, Emma left Dhaka but before leaving she expressed her desire to come back again. Everyone says that but Emma's reasoning is a bit different.
She said that, "When I was handing out gifts to the children at school, many of them didn't say Thank You, but simply smiled at me. Your smile comes from the heart, not from the mouth. And in our country, a lot of people says 'Thank you' from the mouth but not from the heart. And to see that meaningful smile of yours, I want to come back here again."
When Emma was leaving, her smile also seemed to come from her heart.
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