By Cady Lang
Julia Roberts has no time for the stuffy dress codes and fashion restrictions of the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival dress code be damned. The 48-year-old award-winning actress took to the Money Monster red carpet, clad in a glamorous black gown and bare feet — because honestly, if given the option, who wouldn’t prefer to ascend the Cannes steps barefoot?
!["Money Monster" - Red Carpet Arrivals - The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival "Money Monster" - Red Carpet Arrivals - The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/julia-roberts-barefoot-cannes-red-carpet.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
Alas, Roberts later shod her feet in a pair of platform peep-toe pumps, but the spirit of her red carpet rebellion will live on in our hearts forever.
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Write to Cady Lang at cady.lang@timemagazine.com