2021 BRIT Awards | London, England | May 11, 2021
Miu Miu custom top and skirt
She couldn’t have been more clear that 1989 (Taylor’s Version) was next without cutting her hair back into that era’s signature bob, don’t you think?
I jokingly noted in Monday’s predictions post to the TSS Patreon that it wouldn’t surprise me if Taylor made some allusion to the RED album given she’s already [seemingly] dropped hints about 1989 with the “Wildest Dreams” snippet and Speak Now with her usage of three emojis across her social media, that why wouldn’t she also throw in some RED hints too to really mix things up. Enter Taylor in sleek long hair and doing away with the charming curly fringe we’ve been seeing for the folkmore era. I think she still pulls this cut and texture off so well.
Going back in my DMs, there were many early mentions of gree(eeeeeee)n in Taylor’s outfit but I think that boils down to the filter she applied for her sneak peek Instagram posts. The actual red carpet lewk is closer to a silver or a pale pale pale mint blue, to my discerning gaze.
But to the lewk itself! At its core, it’s a 1989-friendly crop top with a more sophisticated skirt. Where her two-tone colourful Versace lewk at the 2016 Grammys (aka the curtain call of the 1989 era) was Malibu Barbie chic, this feels as subdued and refined as one can be when you’re wearing a crystal embellished crop top.
At first with only that Instagram photo to go off of, I had feared that the bottom half of the lewk would be a pair of shorts or skort or a full ballroom skirt. Catch me being pleasantly surprised driving back from the wilderness to learn that it was this more fitted full-length skirt that brings to mind one of my favourite silhouettes on Taylor – the column. She pulls it off well and I think this is a very fresh take and an appropriate update to what was her signature 1989 style.
The embellishment detail on the skirt and top are so intricate and lovely, that the only nitpick I think I could make is that given the iridescent way the crystals capture the light leans more purple/lilac or cool pink I think I would have loved to have seen that reflected in the lip.
Otherwise, this is a very lovely outing for Taylor that achieves its objective well: Ushering in the next phase of the re-records era.
Worn with: Jessica McCormack earrings, Jessie Thomas + Ananya + Astley Clark + Sophie Bille Brae rings, and Tiffany & Co bracelet, and Miu Miu sandals
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