Should we be reading into the fact that Taylor Swift wore a monochromatic blue look for her star-studded Manhattan dinner party on September 11? If this was any other celebrity, I’d say of course not. But this is Taylor Swift we’re talking about, and she made blue the official color of the era when she announced the upcoming release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version).
Accompanied by more A-listers than you’d find at the average Met Gala table, Swift went out for dinner at Emilio’s Ballato Italian restaurant in NYC wearing a metallic knit minidress in an eye-catching shade of blue, with a pair of suede platform sandals in a matching hue. For accessories she piled on several gold chain necklaces and carried a cream-colored shoulder bag, finishing with her signature red lip, naturally.
Everybody knows that Swift rolls deep, and her well-heeled crew for the evening included Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum, and besties Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. The conspiracy theorist in me can’t help but notice that Lively—whose children Swift has name-dropped in several songs—also wore blue.
The significance of the blue, for those who are less steeped in Swiftie lore than this reporter, is that blue is the official color of her 1989 album—the next in her catalogue that she is rerecording. Swift announced 1989 (Taylor’s Version) during her last US Eras Tour performance in early August, which she hinted to fans during the show by appearing in a variety of blue outfits. (You can check out the typical Swiftie response on TikTok.)
All I’m saying is maybe there’s a reason Taylor Swift is wearing so much blue right now. But also maybe not.
