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Favourite Outfits of 2020: Taylor Swift Style

The remaining constant over the last few years of this annual roundup tradition has stayed the same: I wish I had more material to work with. 

What’s interesting is that in quietly looking back on this year, so much happened in Taylor’s career. She attended a few award shows, released two albums, two films, and three music videos. 

But the defining factor I would say of Taylor’s style and her general train of thought this year has been ownership. This was the first time we’ve seen her take a concerted effort to control her image herself and take over the reins of her glam squad on the styling of her clothes, hair, and makeup in almost all of her major appearances this year. 

I have always thought that fashion and clothing is an extension of our personal narratives and carries with it the power to make a statement and to communicate something through your very physical appearance. This year, the message from Taylor was soft and undone. Tinged with the English countryside in outerwear, lace, boots,  and jaunt hats on slightly mussed hair. All complemented by natural, mostly untouched beauty lewks. A woman coming into her own and in that ownership, taking control of the entire end-to-end experience of her brand and career.

In 2021, TSS will be marking an official decade of existence. A huge milestone that I hope will accompany more Taylor fashion to cover. But even with an absence of lewks, what this space will always be filled with is the kindness, the shrewdness, and the amazing support of the TSSers who like, who comment, who reblog, who send messages, who look on fondly from afar, and who go above and beyond to monetarily subscribe to the TSS Patreon. All of which, in equal measure, I’m endlessly humbled and grateful for. 

With that. 

Let’s get started. 

Sarah