How a Versace and Angelina Jolie's right thigh revolutionized the red carpet forever
During the promotion of 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil', the actress has once again remembered her controversial appearance at the 2012 Oscars, showing her leg with an infinite opening. We analyze how her style has evolved since then.
It's not quite as famous as Jennifer Lopez's yet, but the black Versace that Angelina Jolie wore at the 2012 Oscars is already part of the history of red carpets, internet memes, and fashion. The actress, who presented the statuette for the best adapted screenplay, appeared at the Dolby Theater wearing a black strapless dress that exposed her right leg. A silhouette that she was in charge of highlighting with exaggerated poses that allowed her to see her limb completely and that quickly awakened the creativity of social networks. In addition to inspiring the Twitter account @angiesrightleg, which is no longer available today but has attracted tens of thousands of followers or to promote the creation of several Tumblr (memorable Angelina Jolieing, a collection of imitators of all kinds), Jolie's dress continues to be remembered almost eight years after its stellar appearance. 'An Angelina Jolie' is an expression in its own right in fashion slang and describes anyone who, like her, walks their entire leg through the opening of a dress. She was not the first to wear such a design, but she was the first to turn it into a scandal and walking meme because of her particular way of wearing it.
The memory of that Atelier Versace is still so valid today that during the promotion of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which opens in theaters of our country this October 18, they asked him about it again. Her «she had a more complicated dress option and a more comfortable one, which was precisely the one I wore. I think that when you feel comfortable, when you feel yourself –which is basically the theme of the film, and we know that it is also the subject of life–, you internalize it. And sometimes that transcends, "explained the actress. Go if it transcended. Although the dress won the headlines of the night by a landslide and became a stylistic milestone always referenced in the actress's curriculum of appearances, the truth is that she had already taught leg by slash on many previous occasions. Since her first appearances on the red carpet, Jolie had declared herself a fan of these types of silhouettes and had especially chosen them for the three years prior to that Oscar night: from promoting films like The Tourist or Salt to her appearances in Cannes or the Golden Globes.
That Atelier Versace became, however, her most remembered and iconic dress (she even inspired the Jolie legbombing, which was nothing more than making photo montages with Angelina's leg and any imaginable photo). One that marked an intermediate stylistic stage between the sophistication that it boasts today (during the promotion of Maleficent, for example, it has worn delicate haute couture designs from firms such as Givenchy, Ralph & Russo or Versace itself, three of his fetish signatures) and his years of leather pants, ultra-plucked eyebrows, well-visible tattoos and dangling with the blood of his partner at that time, Billy Bob Thornton. Neutral colors with a predilection for black - in 2017 made headlines because she had never dressed in fuchsia before - are still her favorites, but the gothic-rock connotations of the looks she wore in the 2000s have given way to cocktail designs with lace, flowy dresses or empowering outfits.
The versatile Jolie, who has also tried her luck as a director (Invincible) and is an ambassador of the UN, has coined her own style away from trends and opposed to anything that smells romantic or naive. Neither floral prints (nor almost any kind) nor meters of tulle or unnecessary accessories. She is faithful to a way of understanding elegance and fashion in danger of extinction: strapless necklines and tight silhouettes as a synonym of sensuality, long hair in the wind or, failing that, gathered in an elaborate bun, defense of minimalism without For this reason, renounce the most playful leather or rhinestones, black as an off-road joker (in addition to the perfect embodiment of many of its characters: from Lara Croft to Maleficent) and, from time to time, concessions to virality such as the famous slit in her skirt .
