IT'S BEEN A LONG BELIEVING

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT TAYLOR SWIFT IS ONE OF THE TOP CELEBRITIES IF NOT THE TOP CELEBRITY ― OF HER GENERATION. SHE WAS TIME'S 2023 PERSON OF THE YEAR AND HER ONGOING THE ERAS TOUR HAS BECOME THE HIGHEST-GROSSING OF ALL TIME. HER TRAJECTORY AND DISCOGRAPHY ARE THE SUBJECTS OF A COURSE AT HARVARD AND IN A WORLD FIRST NEWSPAPERS HAVE TURNED HER INTO A BEAT WITH DEDICATED REPORTERS. THERE'S ALSO LITTLE DOUBT THAT MUCH OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH HER FANS. AS HER CONCERT ROLLS INTO TOWN THIS MONTH, FOUR CREATIVE SWIFTIES TELL US HOW THE AMERICAN IDOL HAS INSPIRED THEM, AND SHAPED THEIR STYLE AND CRAFT.

- PANG JIA WEI 

PAIGE BOON, 20, BUSINESS STUDENT WHOSE SIGNATURE QUIRKY STYLE IS INSPIRED BY TAY TAY'S OWN WARDROBE AND MUSIC

How long she has been a Swiftie Eight years What she loves most about Tay Tay Her authenticity... I also love how hard-working she is, and how she's able to constantly update herself and come up with different ways to keep her fans entertained and satisfied." On the Taylor Swift effect: "Keeping up with her music and seeing her in different eras have made me appreciate a wider range of music genres as well as helped me develop my own personal style... I actually started on my own fashion journey by coming up with outfits based on her different songs and album covers, and that has helped to shape the way I dress now.

The black-and-white fit I've put together for this shoot, for example, was inspired by the cover of the Reputation album. I've paired a shirt, tie and leg warmers with a girlish skirt and bows because I think this juxtaposition of the hard and the soft represents the album quite well. Meanwhile, the red look was obviously inspired by her Red album. I wanted to channel her boldness and energy during this era, when she started experimenting with pop music. I've thus added red tights-something new in my wardrobe that I've never worn before." How else Swift has inspired her: "I think she has inspired me to become more creative- to be more open-minded and to appreciate more of the arts. And through her heartfelt lyrics and how she works on her albums, she has motivated me to be more of a hard worker too."