Believe it or not, the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards marks Taylor Swift’s 11th attendance at the legendary ceremony. It’s old hat for the superstar at this point, but this year is a pretty significant one — Taylor could become the event’s most-awarded honoree of all spells. Naturally, with rewards this high, Swift was resolute to shake things up beautifully, both with her getup and her attractive look. The result might be Swift’s most daring red carpet moment of all time, a British punk-inspired ensemble with edgy hair, makeup, and nails to match. Her fans have turned predicting her event ensembles into a legitimate spectator sport, but no one predicted she’d take this route at the VMAs. Follow us here at Best Video Editing Software
Classically, Taylor showed up on the red carpet just flashes before it closed. Taylor came extensive in a truly unforeseen blur of leather and yellow-and-black pattern, Swift's iconic bangs are long, capacious, and brushed to the side. The extensive plaid corset and cape come courtesy of Christian Dior’s 2025 cruise assortment; the runway show for which was set in Scotland. Think of the prototypical punk rocker from the mid-’70s and early ‘80s and you’ll likely think of Swift’s look: plaid, leather gloves, smoked-out makeup, and big, borderline teased hair.
She even added a set of extra-long black nails into the mix, a far cry from the shorter, rounded extensions she only just started wearing last year — before that, she typically just painted her natural nails, even for the biggest events.
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In a lot of ways, Swift’s look makes sense. Taylor’s in a corset, which has been an aesthetic through-line reliable during Swift's The Tortured Poets Department album cycle. Taylor's eye makeup’s gotten progressively bold — who could forget the smoked-out wings she wore to last year’s event, or the crystal cat-eye from the year before? — and she’s increasingly traded out her signature crimson lipstick for more muted, rust-colored tones.
One thing you can always count on from Swift? She’s a master of the bait-and-switch. Just when you think you’ve got her style nailed down, trust her to reemerge in something radically different the very next week.