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“Fortnight” music video | April 19, 2024

Elena Velez Fall 2024 skirt

In authentic Victorian fashion, this black ensemble Taylor wore was actually separates and not a dress. Her waxed denim jacket as previously posted was by Unttld and this ruffled skirt by Elena Valez from her Fall 2024 collection which only debuted this past February.

Elena told Laird Borrelli-Persson for Vogue that her “purest objective as a brand is to really bring a lost Midwestern woman back to the American cultural narrative.” Her desires in this collection were to bring a “more multi-dimensional representation of womanhood, good and bad; one that accepts the difficult, complicated, ugly truth of being a woman as part of the beauty that makes us whole and complete and 360. It’s a character journey that sometimes goes through an antagonist journey, but ultimately resolves itself with meaning and goodwill.” I frankly can’t think of a better ethos to match an album that centers much of its narrative on Taylor exposing wounds many of which she describes as “self-inflicted.” 

It’s my suspicion that TTPD is not an album that will be, nor was designed with the intention of, understood or liked by the masses. To my ears (and still overwhelmed brain feeling like I’ve absorbed an encyclopedia of words across these 31 songs) this is an album for ‘Swiftie scholars’ who have the time, space, and devotion to wade through the heaviness of an album this dense and complicated. And that’s okay! When Taylor described this album as one that she needed to make, now that we have it I interpret her meaning as her willfully confronting and hurdling over the elephant in the studio with her. Addressing the “how did it end?” questions that will plague her as soon as possible and structuring it in an album messy, complicated, and strewn with all her most vicious thoughts about the last year of her life in order to get out from under the weighted blanket of those expectations, clearing a path for her next LP to be constructed in clearer air. 

Worn with: Unttld jacket


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“Fortnight” music video | April 19, 2024

Anita Ko ‘Diamond Loop Earrings’ - $5,900.00
Anita Ko 'Diamond Huggies with Round Diamond Drops’ - $3,800.00


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“Fortnight” music video | April 19, 2024

Celine Spring 2024

There’s truly nothing more intrinsic to the lore of Taylor Swift and clothes in her music than going out into a storm in her best (sparkly) dress. Lots more to dissect in the video (and this entire body of work).

Taylor hasn’t worn much Celine outside of a few photoshoot spreads over the years so this is also a fun designer pull to see.


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“Fortnight” music video | April 19, 2024

Vivienne Westwood ‘Frill Shirt’ - €590.00

I’ve thought a lot about the colour palette of the world that Taylor has created with Poets and how it’s one of the most distinguishable things about the Tortured aesthetic we’ve seen so far. Enough so that it’s usurped her beloved (and endearingly noted ‘fuckass’) Olympus yellow candid filter with a drained out world to paint all of her latest social media posts with. To me there’s a lot to wade through there when it comes to black like grief or the poetry of Dickinson-esque shades of white and subsequently all the shades of grey the album itself covers. 

But what a delight it is to see a Vivienne Westwood piece on Taylor! I know many of us briefly thought both of the white gowns she’s worn recently were by her so it’s great to see her finally in her wares. This particular long shirt is from the mens line.  


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“Fortnight” music video | April 19, 2024

Unttld ‘Victor Ruffle Waxed Denim Jacket’ - no longer available

There’s so much to dissect in Tortured Poets and beyond into the new visuals for the “Fortnight” music video. Those thoughts, of course, to come. But off the top it feels apt to note the striking modernization of Victorian fashion on display with this piece, particularly of poet Emily Dickinson (Taylor’s distant cousin - genealogy is wild). While Dickinson herself wore a lot of white (which as we’ve seen is TTPD’s assigned eras colour), there’s something to be said here about the similarity it strikes with the custom Teuta Matoshi dresses her backup dancers wear during “my tears ricochet” on the Eras Tour as they march behind her in a funeral procession. Equally, it calls to mind the somber wear of Victorian mourning clothes - widows would often wear black for two years.

This particular piece comes from Unttld’s Fall 2021 collection, noted by the designer as a fulfillment of “19th century fantasy”.


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“Fortnight” music video | April 19, 2024

Vintage brooch ℅ Joseph Saidian & Sons jewelry

In another fashion reference to the night of the 2024 Grammys when Taylor wore a Concord watch converted into a choker by Lorraine Schwartz which then seemed to be used as a tipping point between eras, Taylor wore a diamond vintage brooch by #JosephSaidianandSons that was converted into a necklace for this #ClaraBow-esque makeup moment (the thin, drawn-on brows here feel very ‘30s).

Taylor previously wore one of their vintage bracelets at the 2023 MTV VMAs.


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“Fortnight” music video | April 19, 2024

Maticevski ‘Candescence Gown’ - $5,510.00

Note that I’m working from low res screenshots but my best guess so far of this gown is this one by Maticevski. Of course, my greater thoughts are to come once we’ve fully absorbed both the music and the video this look is attached to but I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the obvious similarities between this sculptural strapless gown (comprised of meters upon meters of crisp, crinkly cotton and arranged in this artful, marble statue-like draping) and the Schiaparelli gown Taylor wore to announce The Tortured Poets Department at the Grammys.

This particular gown is from the brand’s Spring/Summer 2024 collection - its name of course to me is most reminiscent of the worn ‘candescent’, meaning to glow.


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“I Can See You” music video | July 7, 2023

This is not the first time that I’ve had to make a post like this. If you’ve been around long enough, you’ll recall the masterpost I made of all the archival outfits seen on past Taylor’s in the “LWYMMD” music video.

This was such a lovely trip down memory lane!


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“I Can See You” music video | July 7, 2023

Everybody ‘Fargo Boot’ - $305.95 (no longer available)

Worn with: Roberto Cavalli dress


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“I Can See You” music video | July 7, 2023

Roberto Cavalli ‘Beaded Fringe Dress’ - $6091.00 (no longer available)

Taylor bringing forth all the feels by wearing the exact same outfit (pulled from the archives) that she wore to open the Speak Now Tour all those years ago. And never one to let a single detail slip - she also threw in some “Long Live” arm lyrics for the extra sentimental of us (aka all of us).

Worn with: Everybody boots

Also worn: Speak Now Tour


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“Karma” music video | May 26, 2023

Laurel Dewitt headpiece


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“Karma” music video | May 26, 2023

Celia Kritharioti Spring 2023 Couture

My initial thought upon seeing this scene was Taylor being the ferryman of souls across the river Styx, particularly given all the other mythical references in the video.

It’s an interesting role for Taylor to step into and not only supports the ideas of karmic retribution and the afterlife, but Taylor is also no stranger to talking about rebirth and reincarnation. Here, she not only plays with another facet of what karma means for her and her life - she also positions herself as the arbiter of other people’s karma.


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“Karma” music video | May 26, 2023

Kyle Chan ‘14K Mermaid Link Long Earrings’ - $5,515.00

The brand is also offering a more approachable 18K option of Taylor’s earrings for $122.


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“Karma” music video | May 26, 2023

Misho ‘Pala Bangles’ - $165.00
Jennifer Fisher 'Natasha Bangle’ - $347.00

Worn with: Kyle Chan earrings + Jennifer Fisher choker and Paco Rabanne ensemble


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“Karma” music video | May 26, 2023

Paco Rabanne custom (pictured similar)

The ‘Lightbulb’ and ‘Hourglass’ scenes gave me the most to think about in the music video as it relates to Taylor’s relationship with fame and the longevity of her career. What I love most about this video is the striking and intentional visuals. They’re simple, but grab you.

This Paco Rabanne two piece appears custom, but a similar version of it walked the Fall 2023 runway. The makeup, hair, and excess of gold actually remind me of a 2011 CoverGirl ad she once was in - anyone else remember that one? I do love the sleeved runway version but going sleeveless was totally the right call functionally for the demands of the scene.

There’s a contrast here in portraying herself as a light source (very “Dear Reader” of her) and speaking to her innate ability to continue shining amidst darkness and struggles - while also portraying herself burning out from the efforts to shine as brightly as she can, as long as she can.


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