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Speak Now World Tour | Fearless/I’m Yours/Hey Soul Sister | [5/9]

Taylor Guitars ‘All Koa Tenor Ukulele’ – $8,998.00

This instrument actually has a fairly interesting story behind it. As we all know, Taylor has been an avid collector and devoted user of Taylor Guitars ever since she was a teenager. 

Taylor Guitars relaunched their program called Builder’s Reserve in 2012 and Taylor’s ukulele is from their IV set – along with a matching koa acoustic guitar that it retails together with as a pair. Only 30 sets of this handmade duo of guitars has ever been crafted.

Since koa has been Taylor’s go-to wood from Taylor Guitars it was a pretty obvious choice for her to play this one while on tour. 

According to Ukulele Underground, when these ukuleles were originally being built, three prototypes were crafted. One went to Bob Taylor, one of the owners of Taylor Guitars, and the other two went to Taylor.

Taylor further customized her ukulele by adding ‘Byzantine’ inlays into the neck and abalone trim around the guitar’s face. 

Worn with: Susan Hilferty custom dress

Track Taylor’s Speak Now World Tour wardrobe here.

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Speak Now World Tour | Speak Now/Fearless/Last Kiss/Surprise Song/You Belong With Me/Dear John | [5/9]

Susan Hilferty custom dress

A well-known Broadway designer whose past credits include Wicked and Spring Awakening, Susan was the perfect choice to design Taylor’s wardrobe as the Speak Now Tour has often been described as play or musical-like with its extravagant theatrics. 

Worn with: Taylor Guitars ukulele, Taylor Guitars acoustic guitar and Taylor Guitars acoustic guitar

Track Taylor’s Speak Now World Tour wardrobe here.

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Speak Now World Tour | Speak Now/Fearless/Last Kiss/Surprise Song/You Belong With Me/Dear John | [5/9]

Susan Hilferty custom dress

A well-known Broadway designer whose past credits include Wicked and Spring Awakening, Susan was the perfect choice to design Taylor’s wardrobe as the Speak Now Tour has often been described as play or musical-like with its extravagant theatrics. 

Worn with: Taylor Guitars ukulele, Taylor Guitars acoustic guitar and Taylor Guitars acoustic guitar

Track Taylor’s Speak Now World Tour wardrobe here.

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Speak Now World Tour | Back To December/Apologize/You’re Not Sorry | [3/9]

Marchesa custom gown

Some back story on this ensemble:

If you’re wondering why this Marchesa gown is custom-made, here’s a rundown. In the special 60 Minutes conducted on Taylor they did a behind-the-scenes look of her Speak Now Tour. In this video (@ 2:53) you can see Taylor running under the stage in this dress to get onto the platform that rises up with her piano to play “Back To December.” Unlike during her performance where she strictly keeps her entire right side exposed to the audience and doesn’t get up from her bench or move, this shot of Taylor running is taken from her left side. You can see the way Taylor’s Marchesa gown is loosely buttoned together and underneath her gown is the bright red sequin dress she wears for “Better Than Revenge.” 

Immediately after “Back To December” ends during the show, the lights are cut and Taylor gets up from the bench, rips off her gown and gets onto the extending floating bridge she, Caitlin and Liz dance on for “Better Than Revenge.” 

So if you, like me, were disappointed we didn’t get any on-stage costume changes (like we did from the Fearless Tour), feel a little better knowing that technically there was one. =) 

Track Taylor’s Speak Now World Tour wardrobe here.

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taylorswiftstyle:

Speak Now World Tour | Back To December/Apologize/You’re Not Sorry | [3/9]

Marchesa custom gown

Some back story on this ensemble:

If you’re wondering why this Marchesa gown is custom-made, here’s a rundown. In the special 60 Minutes conducted on Taylor they did a behind-the-scenes look of her Speak Now Tour. In this video (@ 2:53) you can see Taylor running under the stage in this dress to get onto the platform that rises up with her piano to play “Back To December.” Unlike during her performance where she strictly keeps her entire right side exposed to the audience and doesn’t get up from her bench or move, this shot of Taylor running is taken from her left side. You can see the way Taylor’s Marchesa gown is loosely buttoned together and underneath her gown is the bright red sequin dress she wears for “Better Than Revenge.” 

Immediately after “Back To December” ends during the show, the lights are cut and Taylor gets up from the bench, rips off her gown and gets onto the extending floating bridge she, Caitlin and Liz dance on for “Better Than Revenge.” 

So if you, like me, were disappointed we didn’t get any on-stage costume changes (like we did from the Fearless Tour), feel a little better knowing that technically there was one. =) 

Track Taylor’s Speak Now World Tour wardrobe here.

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Speak Now World Tour | Mean/Our Song | [2/9]

Deering ‘Boston 6-String Acoustic/Electric Banjo’ – $2,495.00

Interesting story about this banjo is that it’s technically not even a banjo, it’s a “ganjo.” Because traditional banjos have 4-5 strings they require a different skillset than that of a regular guitar. Taylor probably picked this 6-string banjo in order to acquire that country sound for when she’s singing “Mean” but still be able to play it like a guitar.

Worn with: Alice + Olivia custom dress

Track Taylor’s Speak Now World Tour wardrobe here.