Emma donated jeans for refugee campaign

MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: Actress Emma Watson is among celebrities who have donated their jeans for International Rescue Committee’s Jeans for Refugee campaign.

The 26-year-old superstar has joined a number of well-known faces including Spice Girls singer Victoria Beckham, Eva Longoria and actress Alicia Vikander to raise awareness for the International Rescue Committee’s Jeans for Refugee’s campaign.

The project has seen a host of other world-famous faces give their jeans to artist Johny Dar, who has worked his own magic and turned each pair into a sartorial artwork which will be auctioned to raise funds.

“In this case it’s not about fashion, it is art. It’s an intuitive process, surfing whatever feelings were in the jeans from the celebrity who wore them, and doing my best to bring them out through the painting.”Dar, who started the awareness-raising project after becoming so affected by the desperate images coming from refugee camps, said

“I believe they were convinced the same way that I was convinced myself, and how everyone else became convinced too – this is a humanitarian cause that is much grander than me and everyone involved in it,” he explained. “Everyone who is participating heard the call and answered.”

The first collection of jeans will be exclusively available to bid and buy on from the online auction house Catawiki, with new pairs dropping over the next 100 days.

The jeans, which also belonged to Sharon Stone, Pink, and Lily Allen, will go on display at the Saatchi Gallery in London in October to mark the end of the auction.

However, Emma and her boyfriend were recently caught spending some casual time together in London as they looked like they were on the move.

“They’ve been enjoying a low-key romance since last autumn,” reports media. “And Emma Watson, 26, and boyfriend William Knight’s relationship appears to still be going strong as the couple were recently spotted stepping out together in London. The pair looked relaxed as they walked side by side, with Emma dressed in an all-black ensemble.”