Taylor Swift‘s fandom are nothing if not super sleuths when it comes to discerning clues about her life and upcoming relseases – looking for hints in everything from her lyrics to her outfits.
And singer made sure to give her fans plenty to analyse at Anfield last night during the 100th show in her Eras tour, where she performed in front of a 53,000-strong crowd at the Liverpool FC stadium.
The 34-year-old singer went through a total of 13 impressive outfit changes, wowing crowds with her glittering garments – with many reflecting the colour associated with the album the track came from.
1. Fearless era: Black tasseled body suit
Taylor’s outfit worn during her performance of Fearless, pictured. She wore a re-imagination of her iconic glittered fringed dress which she first wore when the album was released in 2008
Fearless is the singer’s second studio album and is represented by gold and black.
Last night the singer wore a re-work of her the glittered fringed dress which she first wore on tour when Fearless was released in 2008.
She paired the gold fringed dress with cowboy boots and a rhinestone bejewelled guitar.
When wearing this look, the singer blasted out the lines of some of her most famous songs from the era, including You Belong With Me and Love Story.
2. Folklore: Floaty green gown
Taylor’s Folklore album represents a dreamt type of ethereal look with boho dresses that give a perfect swirl when dancing on stage
Taylor’s Folklore album is linked to a dreamy ethereal look with boho dresses that give a perfect swirl when dancing on stage, and grey and silvery colours.
The big belle of the ball gowns make the artist look princess like and usually feature delicate necklines and bulging skirts.
In a previous show, the artist wore a dusty purple Alberta Ferretti custom gown which was described by designer as reflecting the ‘lightness, femininity, romance, attention to detail and a delicate, gentle seduction’ of the album.
Last night, the singer wore a floating green dress which was caught delicately by the wind, rising up in a beautiful cascade of leafy green.
3. Red era: T-shirt and sequinned shorts with a bowler hat and a sequinned bodysuit
When performing the song 22, one of more popular and well known tracks, the singer wears a t-shirt with words on the front. Last night her shirt said ‘Who’s Taylor Swift Anyway?’
While performing songs from her Red album, the singer wore a glittering red outfit and even had a red microphone to match. Red represent burning passionate love
When performing the song 22, one of more popular and well known tracks from her Red Album, the singer wore a slogan t-shirt with the lyrics: ‘Who’s Taylor Swift Anyway? Ew’.
She teamed the top with black sequinned shorts and a bowler hat, but changed into another red bodysuit for a spot of literal dressing.
The Red album is intended to represent burning passionate love and the singer even had a red microphone to match as she belted out her hits.
5. Reputation era: One-legged red and black bodysuit
Taylor’s Reputation outfit, pictured, is instantly recognisble featuring a one-legged, one-armed tight black jumpsuit
The Reputation part of her tour features a snake-embellished one-legged bodysuit from Roberto Cavalli which she wore last night.
Taylor took ownership of the snake symbol for her Reputation album and merchandise, referencing her feud with Kim Kardashian which began in 2016.
The Kim and Kanye fall-out happened after the rapper released his song Famous in which he refers to Taylor with the lyric ‘I made that b***h famous’.
Taylor claimed that she was never made aware that Kanye would be using the lyric.
Shortly after Kim took to Snapchat and posted footage of which appeared to show Taylor consenting to the song lyrics while on speaker phone with Kanye.
‘I’m really glad you had the respect to call me that and tell me that as a friend, about the song. It’s just a really cool thing to do, and a really good show of friendship’ Taylor was heard saying.
Before releasing the video clips Kim took to Twitter to note that it was ‘National Snake Day’ which stuck and saw a lot of Kim’s fans plastering the snake emoji all over Taylor’s social media accounts.
During her Reputation tour in 2018, Taylor told fans: ‘A couple of years ago, someone called me a snake on social media and it caught on. I went through some times when I didn’t know if I was gonna get to do this anymore.
‘I wanted to send a message to you guys that if someone uses name calling to bully you on social media and even if a lot of people jump on board with it, that doesn’t have to beat you. It can strengthen you instead.’
6 and 7. Lovers era: Pink glitter blazer and bodysuit
Taylor performing last night in a glittery pink blazer and lighter pink boots as part of her Lover’s set
Taylor’s sparkly body suit, pictured, is worn during the Lovers section of her performance and is reportedly Versace custom made. The look is usually paired with white sparkling boots
The Lovers album is characterised by pink colours ombre, sequins, bows and hearts.
At last night’s performance, the singer was wearing a sparking pink and red body suit, filled to the brim with glittering gems.
Last night the American singer stepped out in two Lovers outfits, one with a bright pink embellished blazer paired with glittering boots.
In her second Lovers look, she sparkly body suit and which is reportedly Versace custom made. The look was completely by equally eye-catching glittery boots.
8 and 9. Pink and orange dresses for surprise songs from Speak now
Taylor wore a pink flowy dress to perform one of her surprise songs on acoustic. The flowing ruffled dress went from a purple colour to a vibrant fuchsia
The orange swish dress is a sign to fans that the singer is about to perform her surprise song on acoustic. Fans are still speculating the meaning of the artists wearing of orange
The singer usually performs an acoustic mash-up of surprise songs.
At previous concerts, she’s worn flowing swishy dresses for this segment of the performance, such as a blue gown in Edinburgh last weekend.
While looking for easter eggs in the past, fans have detected that artist often wears a certain colour shade to imply that she is going to re-release an album, such as her wearing of blue prior to the Midnights release.
Last night she sang I Can See You and Mine from the Speak Now album, wearing two variations of the same dress in orange and pink.
10. Midnights era
Taylor donning a sparkly midnight blue and garter which represents her album Midnights
Midnights is represented with a dark blue colour and was supposedly written on 13 sleepless nights throughout her life.
The upbeat and high energy element of the album is reflected in the outfits the singer dons during her performances because this is often where her dark blue and black shimmering body suits are featured – often alongside sparkling long coats and her famous glittery Louboutin knee-high boots.
At the 2022 MTV VMAs, Taylor’s unusual choice of a glittering Oscar de la Renta mini dress resembled the night sky and ended up being a sign of her next album, Midnights, which was announced that evening.
Yesterday, the singer wore blue glittery bodysuit dripping in blue tassels.
11. 1989 era
At last nights show, the singer also sported an ombre yellow skirt and blue top wearing nude fishnets as she sang from her 1989 album
Taylor wore a two-piece set from Roberto Cavalli, including a pink crop top and blue mini skirt which resembles ones she wore during the 1989 World Tour in 2015
During her 1989 set, Taylor wears her Shake It Off outfit which is a Roberto Cavalli custom two-piece set covered in thick fringe and chunky sequins. The look is sometimes worn in green or magenta.
Last night, she sported an ombre yellow skirt and blue top and later went with a similar ensemble featuring a blue top and pink skater skirt.
13. Tortured Poet’s Society era
Taylor pictured last night at Anfield wearing her Tortured Poet’s Society gown which is represented through the colours white and black
Tortured Poets Society is represented by the colours white and black.
At the Grammy’s earlier this year, the artist wore Schiaparelli, choosing a white dress and black gloves from the historic couturier, as a signal she was about to usher in the Tortured Poet’s Society era, an album she going to release.
The singer first debuted one of her famous TPS era outfits with a custom corseted Vivienne Westwood dress earlier in the tour.
The design, created from recycled white taffeta, featured lyrics from her latest single: ‘I love you, it’s ruining my life.’
Yesterday she wore the classic gown again with a Vivienne Westwood necklace and the famous blooming skirt with lyrics imprinted on it.
Taylor has already performed 53 dates in the US, she will return after the European leg to do nine more shows in Miami, New Orleans and Indianapolis. She will perform a total of 50 shows across 18 cities in Europe.
Taylor will complete her second of three nights at Anfield today before moving down to Wales where she will give one performance in Cardiff 18 June.
Later in her tour, Taylor will perform eight nights at Wembley – where 720,000 fans will attend in London alone.