Angelina Jolie’s leg is again for an encore.
The Oscar winner, 50, turned heads on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition on Sunday evening, stepping onto the carpet in a chocolate-brown silk trench coat from Gabriela Hearst.
The double-breasted design, styled as a costume, opened right into a thigh-high slit that instantly recalled her unforgettable 2012 Academy Awards look — when a black Versace robe and a single pose turned her proper leg right into a cultural phenomenon.
This time, the silhouette was sleeker and extra restrained, that includes menswear-inspired particulars like shoulder epaulettes and belted sleeve cuffs.
Jolie paired the Houstt coat ($5,730) with sheer nylons and pointed black Christian Louboutin stiletto pumps, ending the look with minimal jewellery and a shiny, highlighted blowout.
The outcome: polished, understated glamour — with simply sufficient leg to make it really feel like a deliberate callback.
The second sparked instant comparisons to her Oscars evening 13 years in the past, when Jolie’s exaggerated stance spawned the viral @AngiesRightLeg Twitter account and a wave of memes.
The red-carpet reprise comes amid a busy interval for Jolie. She stars in “Couture,” which premiered at TIFF and explores the intersection of movie and style.
Off-screen, she is increasing Atelier Jolie, the collaborative studio she launched in 2023 to champion upcycling and artisanship; previous tasks have included a co-designed capsule with Chloé and an Oscars robe crafted from repurposed silk.
And if Sunday evening’s look proved something, it’s that the actress nonetheless is aware of methods to flip a carpet right into a cultural second.
13 years later, Jolie proves that the pose nonetheless has legs.
