Taylor Swift Celebrates Bestie Ash Avignone's Birthday In Sweet New Instagram Snaps
"Emphasis on the *happy* 😆"


For Taylor Swift, "best friend" isn't so much a title as it is a tier, and stylist Ashley Avignone has been on the level for decades. And if her inclusion in Tay's Super Bowl Suite wasn't proof enough of their enduring bond, Avignone's latest Instagram post celebrating her birthday with Swifty front and center should surely do it.
"Happy birthday to me," Avignone wrote in a caption of the duo in a sweet embrace, "emphasis on the *happy* 😆." In the photo, Swift is seen hugging Avignone close (while wearing the fancy new watch boyfriend Travis Kelce got her for Christmas) while a very sprinkled cake sits in front of them.
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The duo—who met via mutual friend and actress Emma Stone back in 2008—have been spending heaps of time together of late, as Avignone was also at Taylor's Eras Tour wrap party that Kelce threw the singer earlier this month.
"When she thought she was going to a small, quiet dinner but it was actually a giant surprise party with her friends and family, props included 🥳," Avignone's post about the party read. The stylist posted several images of her and Swift alongside fellow famous friends, like the ladies from the rock band Haim (whom opened for Swift for several of the Eras Tour dates).
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Taylor does not seem to be the only famous friend of Avignone's, either, as several notable folks show up in the comments of her birthday post wishing her a happy day—and plenty more are featured in other images across her Insta feed, like Gigi Hadid, Blake Lively, Antoni Porowski, Justin Theroux, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.
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Alicia Lutes is a freelance writer, essayist, journalist, humorist, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. She has written extensively on culture, entertainment, the craft of comedy, and mental health. Her work has been featured in places such as Vulture, Playboy, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, MTV, Cosmopolitan, Rotten Tomatoes, Bustle, Longreads, and more. She was also the creator/former host of the web series Fangirling, and currently fosters every single dog she can.
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