The Eras Tour | Midnights | v1

Midnights SECTION, VERSION 1

Worn On: 3/18/23 // Glendale, Arizona

the commentary

As a former dancer myself who’s done a chair dance, I respect and feel a kinship towards Taylor challenging herself with more intricate and highly choreographed numbers on this tour. It’s even more impressive when you consider that the number appears on the tour’s final section of a three hour show.

The fringe on this midnight blue bodysuit drips beautifully over her hips here and plays multiple roles. Serving to mimic raindrops for “Midnight Rain”, a fun twirly moment worthy of strutting and spinning during “Bejeweled”, and to add a sensual tasseled burlesque feel during that aforementioned chair dance of “Vigilante Shit”. Plus it also feels kind of cheeky western glam.

The most direct reference to present Midnights fashion comes via this faux fur jacket - a designer take on the Free People faux she wears in the “Lavender Haze” music video.

The number of times outerwear is used as a method of quick change to impact the silhouette of a look (the duster added during her RED set) or shift the visual direction of an outfit (the Boss blazer added for “The Man”) feels like a fun folkmore reference to the chic outerwear that dominated those visuals.

As is the case with most of Taylor’s Louboutins, these appear to be a custom crystallized version based somewhat on an existing silhouette. In this case, the ‘Gael’ boot.

the clothes

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