Taylor Swift
Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesBeing a millennial is tough when it comes to fashion. You know you’re technically not old, but you know you’re not a kid either – and you’re pretty sure Gen Z is waiting to roast you on TikTok if you wear the wrong kind of slogan or part your hair in an unsigned way Hailey Bieber. The problem is, if you are Taylor Swiftyou’re not just paranoid: they’re watching, waiting, ready to rip your “cheugy fit” to shreds.
A millennial is classified as anyone born between 1981 and 1996 which means Swift, who was famously born in 1989 and will turn 35 next month, is a Peak Millennial. In any generation, the clothes that were fashionable in our youth and early twenties will be what we always consider the coolest. And for millennials, who are coming of age in the early mid-aughts, that’s skinny jeans. Kate Moss they first became popular in 2006, and Kate Moss was everything.
Soon we all realized that you didn’t actually have to be Kate Moss Skinny to wear Skinny jeans and that, with the right style, waistline, denim wash and stretch, they could look good on everyone. For at least 15 years, they were as ubiquitous at parties and concerts as they were at school and the mall.
Swift, of course, with her willowy figure, looked very good in them and, until a few years ago, she wore them all the time: tucked into expensive leather boots while walking, styled with chic velvet flats at night, buried underneath. a great coat for navigating romance with a popular boyfriend and often paired with each Peak Millennial’s timeless style, a bold red lip.

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles in 2012
EROTEME.CO.UKUntil, that is, Gen Z brutally, canceled skinny jeans, making it clear on social media from 2020 onwards that only middle-aged mothers would be seen dead in the stuff, maybe with Ugg Boots. Instead, we were told that the straps are getting lower and the legs are getting looser — a ’90s hellscape!
From the sad memory of dragging strong hemlines between puddles, denim is getting heavier with every moving step, to the risk of the dreaded body shaming word “muffin top” returning to common use, your average self-respecting thousand cannot. , well, the idea.

Taylor Swift in 2008
Getty Images EntertainmentSo, what’s the world’s biggest pop star, loved by every generation from Alpha to Boomer but with a strong following over many Gen Z and millennials, to do? Well, Swifties have noticed that he has stopped wearing jeans. During his latest public storm in between Seasons commitment, Swift basically wore everything but jeans: velvet co-ords, plaid miniskirts and yes, denim, but in the form of shorts and skirts. Of course, he might want to show off his long-term, Seasons– strong legs – who wouldn’t? – but fans believe she faces the same denim dilemma as every other woman around her age: what the hell should we wear?
Now, there is something different: in the video he recently shared after his concert in Miami, he was wearing wide-leg jeans and chose to post it on TikTok, as if to show that he was down with Gen Z. But what are the top comments, with more than 233,000 likes? “You are a thousand years old” and a crying face.
@Taylor Swift Back at the office… 😎 #MiamiTSTheErasTour
♬ WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME – GloRilla & Sexyy Red
Brutality. But how is it that when we millennials were young, we all looked up to Gen X (hello, Kate Moss!), yet Gen Z thinks millennials aren’t cool? It’s wrong — we want to stay connected for a long time!

Taylor Swift in 2010
James Devaney WireImageHowever, we have good news: according to real fashion experts – not just TikTok – we are now in the season of wearing whatever denim we want. “All Denim Rules Are Off” writes British fashion journalist Polly Vernon on Substack. “You can wear whatever you want… honestly, all cuts and all shapes and all shades of jeans are welcome these days. Wide leg and high waist and low waist and those weird gasoline dirty washes from the ’00s, and double denim and triple denim and a boot skirt and patch. 501s (forever) and (current hot style) horseshoes (one of my subscribers called ‘weird’, but as I always say, ‘awesome – once a precursor to dating’) and HELL YEAH TO THE SKINNY!”

Taylor Swift in 2012
BAUER-GRIFFIN.COMPhew. With this in mind, if we were Swift, who looks great in everything but apparently has a special love for sprayed denim, we’d be reaching for our favorite skinny jeans again. You just know that she still has at least five pairs in the back of her closet, along with all those boots, scarves (red and otherwise) and coats that she looked great in. Come on Taylor, winter is coming — give your millennial Swifties a helping hand here!
