Affectionately, I feel so high school every time I look at Taylor Swift.
For her very first public outing as an engaged woman, Swift attended a college football game with fiancé Travis Kelce dressed like literally any girl I went to high school with between the years [redacted] and [redacted]. For some context, I went to a former Catholic school turned nonsectarian institution in New England, where polo shirts and Patagonia fleece jackets were considered the height of fashion on casual Fridays.
That means Swift’s white Polo Ralph Lauren sweater-vest and pleated denim skirt, which she paired with knee-high Louis Vuitton suede boots, is an outfit any of the popular girls at my school would have worn to Friday football games…if we’d been big enough to have a football team. Kelce himself rocked a red-and-white striped rugby shirt that our entire lacrosse team owned in green. Go Highlanders.
Patrick Mahomes, Brittany Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Taylor Swift watch during the first half of the game between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Arrowhead Stadium on August 28, 2025.
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None of this is to say that Swift is dressing like a teenager, but that she’s recommitting to that classic collegiate vibe she embraced before the release of The Tortured Poets Department—an aesthetic that feels like the most authentic representation of her personal style (that Ralph Lauren oversized rugby top and knee-high boot combo is still my favorite Swift look to date). You can take a better look her most recent preppy ensemble here.
Why does this matter? Well, “your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married” and Swifties have already started to predict what she’ll wear, so it’s time I throw my hat in the ring. Given that Swift can tend to fixate on specific designers and silhouettes—you may recall all of last season’s corseted Vivienne Westwood numbers—it feels notable that Swift wore a Polo Ralph Lauren sweater-vest for her first day out after announcing her engagement in a Polo Ralph Lauren dress.
