Vivienne Westwood Presents Emma Watson With Style Icon Award But Doesn't Know Who She Is

By Christo Varghese Posted Feb 16th 2011 03:15AM

Legendary fashion designer Vivienne Westwood presented Emma Watson with the Style Icon award at the Elle Style Awards 2011 on Monday night in London, but she confessed she did not know who the young actress was.

The Daily Mail reports that just before Westwood presented Watson with the award she gave a little speech on stage in which she began by saying, "It's very self-indulgent of me because I was supposed to welcome and to announce the winner of the Style Icon ... and I was given this text about this woman and how amazing she is, and yesterday I was asked, 'This lady would like you to present it to her if she wins.'"

But then came the kicker, "But I didn't know who she was. They said Emma Watson. I said, 'Who is Emma Watson?' I never watch television, I don't read fashion magazines."

She was then told that the actress used to be in 'Harry Potter' to which Westwood, 68, replied, "I've never seen Harry Potter." Watch a video of the speech after the jump.

Westwood continued by saying, "I didn't know he had this girl friend called Hermione, and I said, 'Oh ... she's lovely.' So I must have absorbed something of her. So I would like to give this award to Emma who I've just met."

But Watson took the near cringe-worthy speech in very good spirits and was seen laughing at all the right places and came on stage and very graciously accepted the award.

On Sunday night, Watson was seen at the BAFTA awards where she walked the red carpet wearing an off-the-shoulder nude chiffon gown that was pleated at the bottom. The stunning gown was a Valentino creation.

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