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Taylor Swifthas spent her career world-building through her music and her wardrobe.
Eventually, bustier-style tops by Versace and House of CB joined the mix.
Here, she wears a Versace corset channeling sensuality and openness.
Swift announcedThe Tortured Poets Departmentwhile accepting her thirteenth Grammy award.
Fans would soon discover that her Schiaparelli gown was a wink at the album’s palette and subject matter.
Take the video for Fortnight, the lead single compressingTortured Poetstragic arc into one song, for example.
(The pieces also seem to borrow from the closet of Swift’sdistant cousin, Emily Dickinson.)
The strong-shouldered jacket makes Swift’s attendance at thePoor Thingspremiere last year seem like an Easter egg in retrospect.
In this same way, her fashion inPoetsfeels more bare, aching, and open.
While Swift’s pen documents her depression, her color-leached, skin-baring outfits display it.
In one image, a Meshki bustier and slip skirt mirror the intimacy of lingerie.
Perhaps those were a clue-in to the most sensuous and sexual lyricism on a Swift album yet.
(Press play on the track Guilty As Sin?
In response, shes laying almost everything bare.
Swift is ultimately split in two through herTortured Poetslyrics.
In one song, she is the Versace-bodysuited pop star on a record-breaking tour in her glittering prime.
This brand mix isnt exclusive to Swifts latest era, but it feels heightened.
Swift has been so open about how caged and messy she feels on no other album.
Clothing that turns dark and light, Victorian and modern, reflects the contradictions inside her.
Swift’s Eras Tour wardrobe is dictated by the aesthetics of each album.
But its a vivid reminder that you cant dress your way out of self-loathing or sadness.
But would I do it again?
The late pope spared no expense when it came to treating the infant prince in 2014.
Skip the shampoos, glosses, and treatments.
It’s the most impressive accessorizing I’ve seen in years.
Paired with a printed Dior bag, of course.
Denim shorts on deck.
Celebrities will carry this bag truly anywhere.
Maximalists, this one’s for you.
She’s their biggest fan.
The singer says she wasn’t trying to reference the Princess of Pop.
