Why I Heart Taylor Swift and All She Wears

Is everyone else listening to the new Taylor Swift CD Speak Now, as much as I am?!  I know, I know, I turned 30 on Tuesday (yikes! that’s the first time I’ve said that sentence!!!) and I suppose I should grow out of Taylor Swift, I suppose she’s geared toward girls half my age (how can there be girls HALF my age that are old enough to do anything???), and yes, some people think she’s lame/cutesey/bubble gum pop–but you know what?  You’re all just mean (sorry, I have Track #6 on repeat right now).  It doesn’t mean I don’t still know every lyric to every Ani Difranco song, or that I’ve retired my Dr. Dre The Chronic on my playlist, but her music is super fun and I love it and so there!  🙂 But besides the deep-rooted love of her goofy, light, fun music, I LOVE the way she looks every single time I see her!!!!  I was going through her CD cover last night (that KB got me for my birthday!  And Heidi Bartlett also got me the CD, and so did my sister…but KB got there first) and I am so in love with her entire look on every single page.  I know she must have a stylist/fashion consultant/slave, but it’s more than the clothes.  This is why I love T.S. and all she does with her look:

She’s Always Just Who She Is

Taylor Swift is a long-limbed, gangly, kind of awkward, small-chested, crazy-haired, pale, blonde girl. And man, does she do that look well!!!  She doesn’t dye her hair some far out color, she doesn’t let someone spend 50 hours flat-ironing it, she doesn’t wear outfits to enhance her small bustline, she doesn’t try to hide her gawkiness.  That girl just owns it, and it’s GORGEOUS!  Every time I see her I think about all the times I’m wishing I had dark hair and tan skin, dark eyes I can wear tons of black eyeliner with, less freakishly long limbs, curvier curves, a different nose/lips/etc, and I feel like I could learn a lesson from her.  I’m sure she goes through all of that too, but I love that she isn’t hiding or changing any of those things.  There’s no plastic surgery happening on her, there’s no huge hair change going against her natural look, there’s no huge construction of outfits to hide her shape–it’s all just Taylor Swift looking like Taylor Swift.  I love it.  It reminds me that we all look best looking like ourselves, and we should just own it.  Short?  Red-headed?  Blue eyes?  Brown eyes?  Big nose?  Short hair?  Long arms?  Whoever said there was only one “pretty” out there??

She Remembers Her Audience

Taylor Swift, even with all her mainstream fame, is still a country artist, and she doesn’t forget that.  I’ve yet to see her strut out on stage in some crazy rocker, edgy, asymmetrical hairdo and bad girl makeup (unless it’s a spoof).  She usually rocks boots and a dress, long hair everywhere.  She remembers her audience, and I think a lot of people forget to do this.  I hate when I’m at a wedding and I see someone there in gross jeans and a t-shirt–like, really?  Also, I hate it when I’m at a dive bar and I see a girl in a micro-mini and sky-high heels, like, REALLY?  I truly believe your attitude changes with your clothing choices, and if you’re choosing to dress completely inappropriately then your attitude is going to follow.  Work clothes, play clothes, fancy clothes, funny clothes, sexy clothes–know the time and place.  Know your audience.

She Plays

Have you ever looked at a Taylor Swift album or her videos?  She loves dress up as much as I do, and it’s so fun!  Recently my little sister and I drove past some country bar in the West Valley and heard amazing music coming out, so we ran home, put on boots and dresses and headed back up there to dance–I’m telling you the clothes were imperative to our plans.  Were we really going to get into random old cowboys spinning us around a sawdust dance floor in little black dresses?  No way! Would any of my Vegas adventures have happened if I was wearing boring jeans and a tank top?  I HIGHLY doubt it!  Clothes are so fun, dressing up is so fun, I think being grown-up is only acceptable if you can still find your goofy side when the moment calls for it.  (And in case you’re wondering, driving past a country bar blaring Brooks and Dunn is always the moment)

Sigh, I love her.  I wish she’d date me and then write a song about me.

xoxo,