Julia Roberts’ Killer Legs Prove Why 50 is the New 20

Julia Roberts pairs coppery waves with a leg moment.
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Hollywood, Julia Roberts sees your slit-to-there red carpet leg reveal, and raises you a set of weekend-ready limbs. Yesterday, the 50-year-old actress stepped out in New York City showcasing toned and interminable stems in a thigh-grazing skirt that was anything but a fashion gamble.

A longtime breaker of red carpet rules—she's gone barefoot in Cannes and turned a confident display of underarm hair into a premiere-worthy beauty statement—Roberts shrugged off any outdated notions about age appropriateness and hemlines, pairing the simple black skirt with cat-eye shades and a pair of streamlined black ankle-boots. Worn with her trademark coppery hair falling over her shoulders in tousled waves and glowing skin, the look conveyed the easy, all-American glamour that first made her America's Sweetheart. The takeaway? Great legs—like a million-dollar smile—are timeless accessories in their own right.