It was the Fall Seen ’Round The World; on the grandest stage, en route to the podium to claim her Oscar for best actress, Hollywood golden girl Jennifer Lawrence took a tumble. It was, frankly, a beautiful spill: there’s a reason internet denizens were quick to frame the image as a Dior ad. Of course, it was simultaneously endearing and—brace yourselves for the J. Law buzzword—relatable (so much so that some even questioned whether Lawrence had intentionally fallen) and has become a major moment in the Lawrence mythology.

In a W story out today—for which Jen posed for an American Apparel-esque cover with photographer Juergen Teller, one of W’s six February Movie Issue covers—she gives some context for the fall. We should have known the impetus had something to do with baked goods. (“Seriously,” Emma Stone shouts behind her laptop, “leave even a drop of ‘Everywoman Icon’ for the rest of us!”)

“I was at the Oscars, waiting to hear if my name was called, and I kept thinking, Cakewalk, cakewalk, cakewalk. I thought, Why is ‘cakewalk’ stuck in my head? And then, as I started to walk up the stairs and the fabric from my dress tucked under my feet, I realized my stylist had told me, ‘Kick, walk, kick, walk.’ You are supposed to kick the dress out while you walk, and I totally forgot because I was thinking about cake! And that’s why I fell.”

There you have it. Update your Jennifer Lawrence fan Tumblrs (we know you all have them) accordingly.