Kate Winslet rewears seven-year-old dress to Avatar premiere

This is why we love Kate Winslet. The star made a very surprising confession about her dress at the Avatar premiere this week.

Kate Winslet has recycled a red carpet gown. Picture: Matrix

Kate Winslet has worn a familiar dress to the London premiere of Avatar: The Way Of Water this week.

The British actress, 47, hit the red carpet in a heavily embellished, charcoal-coloured Badgley Mischka gown – which she wore previously to the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015, Page Six reports.

Stream more entertainment news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer available for a limited time only >

Winslet at the Avatar sequel premiere this week. Picture: Matrix

The Oscar-winner paired the sequined gown with silver earrings and an elegant up-do, keeping her makeup simple with a blush pink lip.

The mum-of-three opted for similar styling when she first wore the gown to the premiere of The Dressmaker in 2015, pairing the look with an upswept hairstyle, diamond earrings and minimal makeup at the time.

Looking stunning in the same dress in 2015. Picture: Michael Tran/Getty

Kate Winslet rewore a dress she wore in 2015 to the #AvatarTheWayOfWater London premiere: "I didn't break the zipper getting it over my tushy!" pic.twitter.com/XOsqvTeics

— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) December 6, 2022

In September 2020, Winslet told Vanity Fair that she finds promoting movies on the red carpet stressful and hinted that she’d be repeating dresses in the future.

“The dresses, the stress, the dress fittings … It’s so stressful, and I know that sounds like, ‘Oh, here goes Kate Winslet talking about how stressful it is to do dress fittings for award shows.’ But it is stressful,” the Mare of Easttown star said.

From 2015 … Picture: Walter McBride/FilmMagic

… to 2022. Picture: Matrix

“I don’t like having to squeeze my hot-and-bothered mum-on-the-school-run body randomly into a red carpet dress that I’m never going to wear again,” she said.

“The money that’s wasted on it. The hours and stress that people pour into these things.

“The incredible artists who make these dresses are wonderful, but to make something that’s only going to be worn once,” she said.

“I’ve already decided I’m doing repeat dresses. Everything will have to be let out, but whatever.”

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission

Originally published as Kate Winslet rewears seven-year-old dress to Avatar premiere