Taylor Swift Revives Her Era-Transcending New York Fall Dinner Formula: Plaid Mini Skirts and Leather Boots

When she visited The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, Taylor Swift was asked the last "fall" thing she had done before her interview. Then, her answer was baking cinnamon rolls. By dinner out in New York City the following night, she'd need to update her answer to breaking out her Miu Miu plaid mini skirt and knee-high leather boots.

Regardless of the album she's promoting or the aesthetic she's wearing with it, Taylor Swift loves a splash of tartan and a tall fall boot between September and December. For an October 7 dinner at New York City's Eighty Six with comedian Jerrod Carmichael, she deemed it the seasonally appropriate time to revive her time-honored outfit formula. In place of her The Life of a Showgirl-style shimmering chainmail minis and bedazzled halter neck dresses, Swift decided on a black turtleneck tucked into a Miu Miu pleated mini skirt. To finish, she sourced caramel knee-high boots from Jennifer Chamandi. It's simple; it's timeless; it's as "fall" as the opening bars of Red (any version).

Swift's latest album may be all about sequins, lace, and "pearls of wisdom," but her first true fall outfit of the era didn't include any of the above. Instead, she accessorized with Dior's Small 30 Montaigne Avenue Top Handle Bag, and coordinated a slate of gold jewelry to the style's gilded "CD" logo. The line-up included one of her many Cartier watches, as well as a Cartier Love bracelet and a vintage chain dating to the 1800s. The most Showgirl-esque detail came in the form of her diamond engagement ring by Artifex Fine. (That kind of sparkle is meant for a spotlight.)

Taylor Swift's collection of Miu Miu pleated mini skirts dates back to December 2023, when she paired her first with a shearling-lined Gant coat and Reformation boots. While the singer had worn apple orchard plaid many times over the years, this look for dinner with Selena Gomez marked the beginning of an outfit formula she'd wear on repeat over the next two years. Each time, she switched up her brands from Rails and more Reformation to Hill House Home and even more Miu Miu. Each time, the effect was the same: down-to-earth and easily replicable.

Plaid mini skirts and knee-high boots are recurring characters in her New York City street style and in the stands for Kansas City Chiefs football games. The exact Miu Miu skirt she wore on October 7 has also shown up in her wardrobe already. When she visited a children's hospital around the 2024 holidays, she wore the same one in a wintry shade of evergreen with a matching shacket.

Don't mistake this outfit formula's encore for the signal that Showgirl's promo cycle has come to an end. Swift has another interview lined up for Late Night With Seth Meyers on October 8, where she's likely to reference the album visuals through a hint of sparkle. For fans who've tracked the singer through all her style eras, I've found down similar plaid mini skirts and knee-high boots to shop now. Where late-night street style is concerned, a Taylor Swift fall reliably includes pieces like the ones ahead.

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