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TAYLOR SWIFT STYLE – LOVER FEST

Raisa & Vanessa Spring 2020

• Love Story
• Paper Rings/You’re The One That I Want (mashup cover)

You may recall Raisa & Vanessa as the brand behind the purple lilac pastel ruffle mini from the 2019 BBMAs. Here, I have them return for a sequinned modern country lewk. Act II was a fun consideration for me in the setlist to thematically pair Taylor’s mainstay “Love Story” (I truly can’t imagine a future tour without this) and a mashup I’ve been thinking about since I first heard “Paper Rings” on the album — combining “Paper Rings” with the iconic “You’re The One That I Want” bop from the musical Grease. Can’t you just picture it? “Uh huh, that’s right / You’re the one that I want! Oo oo oo honey!”. It’s a vibe similar to the “Stay Stay Stay”/“Ho Hey” mashup that Taylor employed on the RED Tour. It’s cute, it’s fun, it’s boppy, and together these songs comprise a theme very much in deference to the “love” aspect of the Lover tour.

The accompanying tour look is classic Taylor in that it’s sequinned and colourful. But it’s also a country-esque nod to Taylor’s early days when “Love Story” was first released (which Taylor also alluded to style-wise in the “ME!” music video here) and her similar pink hip fringey moment in Jessica Jones on The Graham Norton Show while performing “ME!”.