Taylor Swift’s Dôen dress has become the talking point of her first performance since marrying Travis Kelce, with footage of the Grammy Museum set only now surfacing on YouTube. The short programme included a medley of ‘All Too Well’, ‘August’, and ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’, her contribution to the Toy Story 5 soundtrack.
The Dôen Dress, the Brooch, and the Ring
Swift chose the Nelida dress from Vogue-covered label Dôen: a wispy, sage green style in crinkled silk chiffon, the asymmetric neckline falling into a dramatic cape-like back that caught every movement at the piano. A deep red floral brooch fastened one strap. The Nelida is already sold out, so RealReal and Poshmark are your best bets if you want it.
The jewellery was, predictably, worth a close look. Swift’s Kindred Lubeck engagement ring sat front and centre as she played: a brilliant-cut old mine diamond, rounded at the corners, bezel-set in yellow gold with engraving on the band’s side. The ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck’s studio, Artifex Fine Jewelry, based in New York City, after Swift had shown Kelce a video of Lubeck’s work roughly a year and a half before the proposal.
‘I just thought her stuff was so cool, so I had shown him a video a year and a half ago… And he was paying attention to everything it turns out… when I saw the ring I was like [gasp], I know who made that!’ Swift told Vogue.
The couple announced their engagement on August 26 with a joint Instagram post that read: ‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.’ The demand that followed the ring’s reveal prompted Kindred Lubeck to launch Artifex Bridal by Kindred Lubeck, a limited-edition bridal collection that dropped on April 10 at 4 p.m. EST. Sotheby’s also got involved: Kindred Lubeck subsequently designed four additional old mine cut diamond rings, using stones sourced by dealer Anup Jogani, offered through the auction house.
Completing the look: Retrouvai diamond heirloom bezel earrings and an Effy duo 14K white and yellow gold diamond chain link bracelet. Glam was classic Swift, dark blonde hair in a braided low bun, thick bangs, feline liner, and a red lip that mirrored the brooch exactly.
Harvey Mason Jr., Country Roots, and What Comes Next
Between songs, Swift sat for a Q&A with Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr., who took that role in May 2021 after joining the Academy’s Los Angeles chapter board back in 2007. Mason jr. is also a producer and songwriter with credits spanning Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, and Ariana Grande. His five Grammy nominations as a music creator include Album of the Year at the 46th Grammy Awards for Justin Timberlake’s Justified and Best R&B Song at the 43rd, though he has yet to win.
Swift used the conversation to talk about where her head is artistically. ‘I’ve loved, and I think this can happen as you grow up, my country roots more and more,’ she said. ‘The further along this path I get, I want to honour them more and more, and I feel more and more tied and more loyal to them, the people that shaped who I am as an artist and as a writer.’
That is the kind of quote that tends to set album-cycle speculation spinning, and given that iHeartRadio recently saw her in a sculpted Wiederhoeft corset dress in seafoam, and a London girls night produced a lilac, crystal-embellished Delphine mini-dress, the pastel palette is clearly doing some work right now.
Since the Madison Square Garden wedding in July, the Kelce-Swift public footprint has been minimal: a few long-lensed frames at the wedding of JuJu Smith-Schuster and Laura Kruk, solo snaps from a London girls night, and Swift appearing at the English countryside wedding of Oli Jacobs and Laura Sisk, where her considerably shorter new haircut made its debut. That chop came after this Grammy Museum performance, so the Dôen set represents the last time audiences will see the long bun version of Swift for a while.
The Dôen brand has been on a serious celebrity run this summer, from Olivia Rodrigo to Margot Robbie, and Swift has now cemented it as West Village-coded dressing for the ages. Whether TS13 arrives wrapped in the same soft, romantic palette is the question every stylist-watcher is currently sitting with.
