Taylor Swift is a woman with an iconic beauty look. She knows it, too, and has even given us catchy lyrics to back it up. In 1989's “Style” she referenced “I got that red lip classic thing that you like”—which is notably a shade by the one and only Pat McGrath—and more recently crooning “draw the cat eye, sharp enough to kill a man” in Midnight's “Vigilante Shit.”
But on the European leg of Taylor's continually sold-out tour, the queen of hidden messages and Easter eggs has changed something up.
While touring across America, which included 53 concerts in 20 different cities, she wore a bold red lip with a thin, curved feline flick (check and check). The eyeliner, specifically, was sweet and perfectly curved… almost a kitten liner.
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After finishing the first round of her tour was over, Swift went on a much-deserved Lake Como vacation with beau Travis Kelce before opening the European leg of her tour in Paris. The City of Love, feels appropriate!
After watching video upon video from the stops in Stockholm, Madrid, and Lisbon, I realized something looked different—that signature liner. It was thicker, sharper, edgier. While I'd like to say it's a hint at the long-awaited Reputation (Taylor's Version), I'd never speculate at the risk of being wrong. But it does feel more confident.
As The Tortured Poets Department recently revealed, Swift was heartbroken during most of the first part of her Eras tour, fresh off a breakup with Joe Alwyn. Since then, she's won Album of the Year, run the most successful tour of all time, is with somebody who is clearly proud to be with her, and has been called one of the toughest out there (full-stop). Sharper, stronger eyeliner for the strongest, sharpest Taylor yet.
