Speculation can finally come to an end. Before she said “I do” to Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift said “I do” to a dress — from Dior.
A statement provided by a representative for Swift confirmed that the designer of her wedding gown is Jonathan Anderson, the newish creative director of the French house, who, since he joined last year, has been charged with revitalizing its global profile. Making what may be the single most high-profile dress of the year — likely to inspire innumerable copycats — is one way to do it. No photos of the dress have been released.
It’s a coup for Anderson, especially following Dua Lipa’s choice of Dior rival Chanel for her recent wedding. It’s a win for Delphine Arnault, the chief executive of Dior, who fought to bring Anderson to the brand. And it’s confirmation that Swift, whose taste tends to the fairy tale rather than the avant-garde, eccentric or understated, and has never seemingly bought into the snobbism of the high fashion world, was thinking about posterity as much as princesses when it comes to this particular event.
Getting the hot new designer at one of the most storied couture houses in Paris to design your dress, like situating your wedding in a giant arena smack in the middle of one of the busiest cities in the world, on one of the busiest weekends, is a flex.
Pointedly, this is the first time Swift has worn an Anderson-for-Dior design, though she wore a tartan corset and train look by his predecessor, Maria Grazia Chiuri, to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards and since April has been carrying an assortment of Dior bags.
Some had guessed that Ralph Lauren might be the designer of choice, in part because of his credentials as the ur-American designer, and in part because the wedding took place on the July 4 weekend, and both Swift and Kelce had worn Lauren for their engagement photo shoot.
Others bet on Schiaparelli, because Swift had worn a white dress by the designer to the Grammys in 2024 — though that, along with the fact that both Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Dua Lipa had worn Schiaparelli to their weddings, seemed to mitigate against it. Vivienne Westwood was also a contender, because, again, the Grammys, and because Swift clearly loves the romance and historicism of a corset and a swagged skirt, and no brand does it better.
Interestingly, even Vogue, in its speculation about who might make the dress, had not mentioned Dior, though The Hollywood Reporter publicly floated the brand as a possibility earlier this week. At the time, Dior, not surprisingly, declined to comment.
The statement from Swift’s representative described the gown as Anderson’s “first couture wedding dress for a world-renowned celebrity.” But Anderson has designed wedding dresses for private clients before. In June, the model Ming Xi wore a long-sleeved boatnecked Dior couture gown with a back that opened like the wings of a bird for her marriage to the entrepreneur Mario Ho, while later that month the Brazilian influencer Elisa Zarzur followed suit in an elaborate embroidered lace Dior couture bodysuit with another open and winged back under a grand satin skirt for her nuptials.
Anderson had also ended his first couture show, held in January, with a wedding dress: a one-shouldered look, covered in hundreds of translucent petals, like a cross between Titania and a snow angel. Perhaps it was something of an audition.
also if someone gave me their number on a friendship bracelet at the eras tour id fucking fold for them. id become so obsessed with them. id go home and listen to enchanted 500 times
so noah kahan stopped and said “taylor swift must be in such good shape. holy fuck, this is not easy!” after running around onstage at his concert? okay now what is aaron dessner’s plan to get taylor and noah at long pond studios at the same time
we don’t talk enough about how this might be one of the best opening lines ever and it’s from taylor’s debut single that she wrote in math class at 14 years old
this excerpt from steven spielberg’s speech inducting taylor into the songwriters hall of fame has to be one of the most beautiful tributes i’ve ever heard
Taylor Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" makes history with its debut on Billboard's Country Airplay chart dated June 20.
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Tayor Swift is “Red”-hot again on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. Her new single, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” on Pixar/Walt Disney/Republic/MCA Nashville, blasts in at No. 8 on the June 20-dated list with 19.4 million audience impressions in the week ending June 11, following its June 5 release, according to Luminate.
The harmonica-laden tender song about enduring friendship from Toy Story 5 launches as Swift’s 19th Country Airplay top 10 — and her first since “Red” reached No. 7 in December 2013, ahead of her pivot to pop with her 2014 album, 1989. Among her top 10 haul, beginning with “Tim McGraw” in December 2006, she has notched seven No. 1s.
“I Knew It, I Knew You” makes history as the first song by a woman to debut in the Country Airplay top 10, dating to the chart’s January 1990 start. Just one other title has begun in the tier: Garth Brooks’ “More Than a Memory” premiered at No. 1 in September 2007. (“Stations broke with longstanding programming philosophies,” Billboard noted that week, as Brooks was emerging from a several-year career hiatus.)
Swift — who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame June 11 — adds her 40th Country Airplay entry and first since her Chris Stapleton collaboration “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault),” which hit No. 23 in November 2021.
“I think Taylor is arguably the biggest music star in the world. [“I Knew It, I Knew You” is] part of one of the biggest films of the summer. It fits sonically and in style to what else is on country radio. All three of those things make it the easiest programming decision of the year,” Brent Michaels, PD/on-air personality at KRJK-FM and KUZZ-AM/FM Bakersfield, Calif., previously told Billboard. “If Taylor is creating music that fits alongside the other biggest hitmakers in country, we’re crazy to not go along for the ride. She moves the needle with every project.”
“Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time,” Swift shared June 1 on Instagram. “Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once. And being a @toystory kid from the age of 5 til now … is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.”
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