Emma Watson wore a tent-like dress that people say is 'defying physics,' comparing it to a Harry Potter spell

• Emma Watson wore a funky tent-like dress in a recent Instagram post that seemingly defied gravity.
• She wore the Loewe dress in a photo promoting her and her brother Alex Watson's gin brand.

Emma Watson is defying gravity when it comes to her style.

In a recent Instagram post promoting her and her brother Alex Watson's new gin brand, Renais, the "Harry Potter" actor opted to wear a tent-like mini dress that looked as if it was hovering off of her body. As of Thursday, the post has over two million likes.

Emma, 33, credited Spanish brand Loewe for the ensemble, which is from its spring/summer 2023 women's collection. The brand is currently headed by creative director and Northern Irish fashion designer, Jonathan Anderson.

According to Rachel Zoe's fashion blog The Zoe Report, it's likely the architectural shape is created using a wired bodice hidden by the blue material draped over it.

But even though there's a perfectly reasonable explanation behind the mechanics of dress, social media users were quick to share their reactions to Emma's unique fashion statement.

"This dress is defying physics," one social media user commented. Another wrote: "Someone make the dress make sense pls."

Given Emma's history of playing Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" franchise, there were also plenty of references to a certain levitating charm her character famously uses in the first film.

"The dress said wingardium leviosa," one user wrote in a comment that has over 16,500 likes as of Thursday.

"This is what happens when you say LeviOsa instead of Leviosa," another said, referencing the scene where Hermione tells Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) how to pronounce the charm.

Emma is also far from the only celebrity to gravitate toward daring optical-illusion styles this year. Earlier in June, Jennifer Lawrence made headlines for wearing a strapless dress to the Spanish premiere of "No Hard Feelings" that looked 2D – until she turned to the side.

And back in March, Emily Ratajkowski gave flower power a new meaning when she stepped out at Paris Fashion Week in a sleeveless Loewe top that resembled a phallic leaf.