Taylor Swift’s Mini Dress Gives Back-to-School Fashion Touch on ‘SNL’

Taylor Swift just made a surprise appearance on Saturday evening live. The singer returned to the show after three years to support her old friend Dakota Johnson in her opening monologue on Oct. 3 — and she wore the perfect grown-up version of back-to-school fall fashion for the appearance.

Swift opted for Simkhai’s beige Wells Off-shoulder mini dress, which featured a sleeveless, off-the-shoulder design with ruched twill fabric in a diagonal check print. She paired the mini dress with black knee-high Burberry boots, shimmering gold hoop earrings, a gold pendant necklace, a gold bangle bracelet and, of course, her stack of engagement and wedding rings.

As for her hair, Swift gave her new choppy lob another outing. She debuted her shorter hair in August at a friend’s wedding, before rocking the lob during her VMAs appearance. last weekend. She then debuted an even shorter look with curls while celebrating a career milestone.

As for Johnson, who recently starred alongside her friend in her “Patient Zero” music video and presented her with an award at the VMAs, she wore a sizzling archival latex dress from Versace for her monologue. Later in the series, she also ditched her signature dark bangs for a bright blonde no-bangs look.

During their time together on stage, the friends joked about Johnson’s relationship history — which includes many musicians — and Johnson joked that Swift was his “literal therapist.”

Swift last appeared on SNL in October 2023 when she made a surprise appearance to introduce Ice Spice as the evening’s musical guest. She was also the musical guest in 2021, 2019, and twice in 2009. During her appearance in November 2009, she also hosted the show.