At the 2012 Oscars, Angelina Jolie broke the internet (two years before the term entered the vernacular ). And all she did was show a bit of leg .

Draped in Versace, the Maleficent star walked the awards show’s red carpet in a strapless velvet ball gown with a vertiginous thigh-high slit practically unheard of at the time. Predictably, as any fashion girl would, Jolie popped her leg out as she posed to better flaunt the risqué detail. The moment sent the internet into such a tizzy, her limb even landed its own Twitter account (@AngiesRightLeg).

Since then, fueled by The Jolie Effect, the slit has ascended higher and higher. In fact, it’s so common for slits to defy the laws of gravity, it’s hardly cause for pause on the carpet anymore — that is, unless you’re Jennifer Lawrence.

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