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Taylor Swift has a few beauty signatures that she expertly deploys: that signature red lip, feline eyeliner flick, bangs of all body and length. But last night, when cheering the New York Knicks to a historic comeback victory against the San Antonio Spurs, Swift chose to wear her luckiest hairstyle.
The pop star sat courtside with Este and Alana Haim, twinning in their customized bootleg Knicks tees: emblazoned with “Stevie Nicks” across the chest in team colors. Her fashions otherwise were totally as one would expect: cut-out black Area jeans, Versace chain sandals, a Dior bucket bag, a Shay Diamond necklace, and of course, her Kindred Lubeck engagement ring from fiancé Travis Kelce. She also sported a new manicure: a sweet sky blue set decorated with little clouds.
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Swift wore her hair in a fishtail braid, tied up with a team colors blue scrunchie. Very 2016-coded, but also intrinsically tied to the pop star’s personal victories. Swift has worn her hair in both a long intricate plait and cute braided pony to some of her most significant events: For the 2024 Super Bowl, she swept her hair into a high ponytail, tendrils of braids through her longer lengths. Making her way to the field when the Kansas City Chiefs emerged victorious over the San Francisco 49ers, Swift shared a snog with Kelce: that image, committed to celebrity-PDA history, shows her braids in all their glory.
Travis Kelce Taylor Swift and her plaited hair at the 2024 Super Bowl in which the Chiefs emerged victorious.
Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, and her plaited hair at the 2024 Super Bowl in which the Chiefs emerged victorious.
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And to make her own history at the 2024 Grammys (where she became the first artist to win Album of the Year four times alongside a clutch of other awards for Midnights, and where she announced her next album), Swift sported her hair side swept and interwoven with teeny-tiny braids. Its intricacy matched her dramatic Schiaparelli gown, punky red lip, and layers upon layers of jewelry.
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Taylor Swift at the 2024 Grammys. Photo: Getty Images
Detailed hairstyles—when a stand-out beauty look matches the milestone—feels very much within Taylor Swift’s style lexicon, whose fashion is so often coded with secret and sentimental meanings. Take the horse shoe necklace she wore just before the announcement of her latest original song for Toy Story 5, and then again for the premiere this week. Trust that the star thinks about everything.
We’ve already took part in a lot of speculating around Swift’s imminent wedding to Kelce, too. (Which, if rumors are to be believed, is also set to take place at MSG later this summer.) What will her bridal manicure look like? Will she sport her favorite ruby red lip? Will we see a fishtail plait—the hair that never fails her—for her big day?