Behind-the-Scenes Details of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Outfits

August 2024 · 5 minute read

Roberto Cavalli's creative director, Fausto Puglisi, designed a sparkly pink set for Swift.

Taylor Swift on opening night of The Eras Tour. John Shearer/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

TikToks shared by Variety and Rolling Stone showed that Swift wore the custom, crystal-adorned look when she performed songs from her album "1989," including "Style" and "Blank Space," during the first two shows of her tour, which took place in Glendale, Arizona.

A short behind-the-scenes video about the set was shared on the Roberto Cavalli Instagram account on Monday. The video included clips of the ensemble being made as well as the original sketch for the look.

The video noted that both the crystals and fringe adorning the hot-pink set were crafted and applied by hand.

Puglisi also nodded to Swift's 2015 tour for "1989," as she often wore sparkles and coordinating sets. She paired the outfit with coordinating, custom Christian Louboutin boots.

Puglisi also designed the gold dress Swift wore when singing songs from "Fearless" on the first night of The Eras Tour.

Taylor Swift on opening night of The Eras Tour. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

The custom Roberto Cavalli minidress was completely covered in tiers of sparkly, gold fringe that shook around Swift as she performed, accenting her custom Christian Louboutin boots.

She wore the dress when performing "Fearless," "Love Story," and "You Belong With Me" on the opening night of the tour. The gold color scheme nodded to "Fearless," as both the original album and "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" had a gold color scheme.

The brand shared the original sketch of the dress on its Instagram

Swift wore a different gold Roberto Cavalli dress for her performances of "Fearless" songs on her second night in Glendale, Arizona.

Taylor Swift on night two of The Eras Tour. Kevin Mazur / Contributor / Getty Images

Like the first night's dress, Puglisi chose a gold color scheme for Swift's "Fearless" look, which Swift paired with custom Christian Louboutin boots.

The second minidress was covered in Swarovski crystals that were hand-applied, as Roberto Cavalli shared in an Instagram post, which included a sketch of the dress.

The dress had an ombré effect, flowing from gold to silver in strips of fabric that flowed out at her thigh.

Swift also wore a custom Roberto Cavalli look to perform songs from "Reputation."

Taylor Swift on opening night of The Eras Tour. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Puglisi designed an asymmetrical catsuit for the "Reputation" portion of Swift's performance, which included songs like "Delicate" and "Look What You Made Me Do."

The sparkly ensemble had one sleeve and one pant leg, leaving her other arm bare and her leg in fishnets.

As Roberto Cavalli detailed on Instagram, sparkly snakes made with diamond, black, and ruby-red embellishments adorned the look.

Snakes were integral to Swift's imagery for the "Reputation" album, tying the look to the 2017 album.

Swift wore a custom Nicole + Felicia ball gown to perform "Enchanted" on opening night.

Taylor Swift on opening night of The Eras Tour. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Swift leaned into the fairy-tale vibe of her song "Enchanted" from "Speak Now" for opening night, wearing a custom bespoke ball gown from Nicole + Felicia. 

The gown had a fitted bodice and full skirt made of soft-pink fabric, and it was adorned with more than 200,000 sequins and crystals, as the brand shared on its Instagram.

Nicole + Felicia shared an Instagram video of the making of the dress, which included the original sketch of the gown and shots of it being hand-beaded.

A representative for the brand also told Insider via email that the beading was made of slightly different colors, including silver, gold, champagne, and bronze, to give it more dimension. 

For night two, Swift performed "Enchanted" in a pink Zuhair Murad ball gown.

Taylor Swift performs on night two of The Eras Tour. John Shearer/Getty Images

Swift's second ball gown was made of tulle and also adorned with sequins, as Zuhair Murad shared on Instagram.

The crystals created a starburst shape in the center of the bodice, which crisscrossed in the back.

According to Zuhair Murad's post, the dress took "over 350 hours of atelier handwork" to make. 

Swift's custom Alberta Ferretti look for "Folklore" accentuated the album's tone.

Taylor Swift performs on opening night of The Eras Tour. John Shearer/Getty Images

When performing songs from her moody and imaginative album "Folklore" on opening night, Swift changed into a chiffon dress from Alberta Ferretti.

The brand posted a photo of its sketch of the dress on Instagram, sharing that the mauve gown was embroidered with crystals.

The gown also had a low neckline and flutter sleeves.

She wore another custom Alberta Ferretti dress to perform "Folklore" songs on the second night of the tour.

Taylor Swift performs on night two of The Eras Tour. Kevin Mazur / Contributor / Getty Images

Like the mauve dress, the cream Alberta Ferretti gown had flowing sleeves and a tiered skirt, as the brand shared alongside a sketch of the gown on Instagram

The dress also included "delicate crystal and micro-beading" in addition to the layers of fabric, according to Alberta Ferretti's Instagram.

Swift ended the show in a "midnight" bodysuit from Oscar de la Renta.

Taylor Swift performs on opening night of The Eras Tour. John Shearer / Contributor / Getty Images

Swift closed her concert with songs from her 2022 album "Midnights," including "Bejeweled" and "Karma."

Oscar de la Renta designed her custom "midnight" bodysuit, as the brand shared on Instagram. Another pair of custom Christian Louboutin boots completed the outfit.

Layers of sparkles and fringe covered the deep-blue bodysuit and flowed onto Swift's legs. According to Oscar de la Renta, the outfit was hand-adorned with over 5,300 beads and crystals.

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