It wasn’t exactly the midnight meeting time she requested in her song “Lavender Haze,” but Taylor Swift made it to the Grammys 2024 on Sunday nonetheless.
She stepped out on the awards show’s red carpet at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles in a strapless Schiaparelli couture look, a dramatic full-length white gown with a thigh-high slit and swirling train, topped off with a sculptural bodice. The sartorial drama didn’t stop there: She accessorized with black velvet opera gloves and layered black and white jewels around her neck, including a watch face set to—you guessed it—midnight. Swift wore her hair in a fishtail braid that wrapped from one ear to sweep over her shoulder, and capped it all off with her signature red lip (classic).
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The look, in a newsprint-worthy black and white and red all over color palette, isn’t doing anything to discourage rumors that the announcement of Swift’s Reputation (Taylor’s Version) album re-recording can’t be far off. That album’s original cover art used a newspaper motif of Swift’s face, referencing the media attention she’d been getting. No snakes (another repeated motif of her Reputation era) were immediately visible in her Grammys outfit, but that’s the thing about snakes, isn’t it? You can’t always spot them so easily.
Though there was early speculation that she and boyfriend Travis Kelce—the Super Bowl–bound tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs—might use the ceremony to make their red-carpet debut as a couple, the world continues to wait. In an interview on Wednesday ahead of the ceremony, Kelce confirmed that he would not be in attendance, as he’d instead be preparing for the upcoming Super Bowl with his team.
“I wish I could go support Taylor at the Grammys and watch her win every single award that she’s nominated for,” he said. “But I think I’ve got practice on Sunday.”
He added: “Unfortunately, I’ve gotta get ready for this big old Super Bowl that we’ve got in a week.”
Of his relationship with Swift, Kelce said, “It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it?” He continued: “Hopefully everybody realizes that we’re just two people in a relationship, supporting each other and having fun with it, man. It’s nothing more than that. However much the world wants to paint the picture and make us the enemy, we just have fun with it and we enjoy every single bit of it. And sure enough, I love it when Taylor comes and supports me and enjoys the game with the fam and friends. It’s been nothing but just a wonderful year, man.”
