Taylor Swift Makes Stripes Date-Night Ready in a Slinky Halter Dress
From one of her go-to designers.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are regulars on New York City's restaurant scene, scoring hard-to-get dinner reservations at Via Carota, Chez Margaux, and The Corner Store since 2023. But on September 6, the Ambassadors Clubhouse hosted their first public date night as a married couple—an outing that Swift and Kelce marked with matching takes on fall's stripe trend.
While it's only been three weeks since Swift's last street style look (featuring a little lavender dress by Delphine), she switched from warm- to cold-weather colors during her time away. The pop star rejoined the city's fashion circuit in a silk-blend, slinky Stella McCartney halter dress—its diagonal stripes a cool-toned combination of brown and metallic gold.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce both tested the stripe trend for their New York City date night.
Since Swift has been a loyal Stella McCartney shopper for over 12 years, it's no surprise that the dress came from the London-based brand. (Her sold-out, chocolate brown bucket bag hailed from the designer's catalog, too.
This year alone, Swift has sourced the Paris Fashion Week mainstay for a peplum bridal-white button-down, a cap-sleeve LBD, and a patchwork bomber jacket and jeans at a Kansas City Cavaliers basketball game in May.
As for the rest of her accessories, the Grammy winner stayed true to her signature stack: her Artifex Fine engagement ring and an opal jewelry set that once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor. Swifties might recognize her Spinelli Kilcollin tennis bracelet from the iHeartRadio Music Awards, or her Mindi Mond citrine-and-diamond earrings from her Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
The Aquazzura's Twist Sandals are also familiar to Swift's longtime fans: She owns the same double-strap heels in burgundy velvet, beige raffia, and now, metallic rose gold.
Back to Swift's dress through. Stripes were one of fall's leading fashion trends. Lines in all shades and sizes bounced from the runways of Vivienne Westwood and Mugler to Issey Miyake and (of course) Stella McCartney. The motif even returned to the Couture Fall 2026 circuit, thanks to Chanel and Fendi.
A model wore the striped dress trend on Vivienne Westwood's fall runway.
It decorated a fur coat during Mugler's fall fashion show, too.
Chanel revived the trend during its Couture Fall 2026 show.
Fendi gave the leading pattern trend a beachy revamp.
Swift and her stylist, Joseph Cassell Falconer, aren't the only ones taking style cues from recent runway shows. Kelce's ivory short-sleeve shirt also featured subtle stripes.
If Kelce keeps tapping Swift for outfit inspiration, Kansas City Chiefs football fans are in for another fashion-forward NFL season.
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