Taylor Swift’s Curve-sculpting Versace Corset Top and Shorts Launch Her New Kansas City Chiefs Outfits Era
Taylor Swift is embracing her new era for game day dressing. The singer arrived in a sporty-meets-sensual look on Thursday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City for the Chiefs football game against the Baltimore Ravens.
She arrived in Versace’s cinched Medusa denim bustier featuring curve-sculpting boning and a cropped cut. The brand’s Medusa ’95 gold embellishments popped against the medium-wash corset top, which was coordinated with matching shorts.
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Swift’s Bordeaux thigh-high leather boots by Giuseppe Zanotti — along with vibrant rogue lips — added a subtle nod to her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Chiefs-red uniform. Zanotti’s Frannie pointed-toe boots featured a slick patent-effect finish, gold buckle straps and a stiletto heel. She carried Louis Vuitton’s Side Trunk bag in black with gold hardware and corners — a design inspired by the fashion house’s vintage trunks.
The show of team spirit continued with Swift’s jewelry, matching the Chiefs’ companion color, gold. Swift accessorized her look with a chain stud earring by EF Collection and Retrouvai’s Cushion Ruby Impetus Interlocking Puzzle Ring. A Bulgari necklace from the brand’s Monete collection, featuring a coin pendant, was the statement piece.
Swift favors a corset silhouette, having worn a style by Balenciaga last year in October for a game day. Swift’s previous outfits worn to NFL star Kelce’s Super Bowl-winning season last year include looks by Stella McCartney, Gant, Khaite, Anine Bing and more. In a previous interview with WWD, Kristin Juszczyk, the wife of San Francisco 49ers football player Kyle Juszczyk, called it a “pinch-me moment” when she saw Swift wearing one of her custom designed jackets at a Chiefs game alongside quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ wife Brittany.
Last year, Swift’s football fashion boosted sales and recognition for brands. In fact, when Swift attended a game in Area’s crystal-cut shorts, the piece quickly went out of stock on Farfetch, Mode Sens and other shopping platforms. Less than two weeks later, NFL reporter Erin Andrews, who founded sportswear brand Wear by Erin Andrews, saw one of her Chiefs windbreakers quickly go out of stock online after Swift debuted the piece.
Outside of the sports stadium, interest in Swift’s fashion continues. In July, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London launched an exhibit featuring costumes and accessories worn throughout the hitmaker’s career. Swift’s recent worldwide “Eras” tour included custom couture outfits by Zuhair Murad, Roberto Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood and more.
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