When she visited The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, Taylor Swift was asked the last “fall” thing she had done before her interview. Then, her answer was baking cinnamon rolls. By dinner out in New York City the following night, she’d need to update her answer to breaking out her Miu Miu plaid mini skirt and knee-high leather boots.
Regardless of the album she’s promoting or the aesthetic she’s wearing with it, Taylor Swift loves a splash of tartan and a tall fall boot between September and December. For an October 7 dinner at New York City’s Eighty Six with comedian Jerrod Carmichael, she deemed it the seasonally appropriate time to revive her time-honored outfit formula. In place of her The Life of a Showgirl-style shimmering chainmail minis and bedazzled halter neck dresses, Swift decided on a black turtleneck tucked into a Miu Miu pleated mini skirt. To finish, she sourced caramel knee-high boots from Jennifer Chamandi. It’s simple; it’s timeless; it’s as “fall” as the opening bars of Red (any version).
Swift’s latest album may be all about sequins, lace, and “pearls of wisdom,” but her first true fall outfit of the era didn’t include any of the above. Instead, she accessorized with Dior’s Small 30 Montaigne Avenue Top Handle Bag, and coordinated a slate of gold jewelry to the style’s gilded “CD” logo. The line-up included one of her many Cartier watches, as well as a Cartier Love bracelet and a vintage chain dating to the 1800s. The most Showgirl-esque detail came in the form of her diamond engagement ring by Artifex Fine. (That kind of sparkle is meant for a spotlight.)