Taylor Swift covers the new issue of ASOS. I have to hand it to Swifty, actually. I’ve just written up yet another Benedict Cumberbatch post and it struck me that Swifty has also been making the media rounds quite heavily in the past month, but she’s managed to space out her major interviews like a pro, something that some actors can’t even manage. Like, we can go days without writing about Swift and that gossip pause is useful. It makes her interviews more noteworthy, and we pay closer attention to her quotes. Anyway, here are some highlights from her ASOS interview:
She dresses for girls, not boys: “When I’m getting dressed, it’s always based on what my friends will think. They are my number one priority and the opinions of girls are more important to me at this point in my life.”
Her girlfriends: “My friends are the kind of people that have their own lives, and their own busy schedules, and that’s why we get along so well. A lot of ‘celebrities’ surround themselves with these very chic cling-ons who don’t really have much of a job or a passion, they follow around their celebrity BFF and provide constant affirmation for them and I’m really not interested in that kind of deal.”
She doesn’t follow style fads: “I think that as much as you should be creative and experiment, there are certain things I know are fads and so I try to steer clear of most of the obvious ones. I play the tape of my life forward and don’t wear the things that my kids or grandkids will make fun of me for wearing, [like] ‘Wow, cool, mom, cool cowboy boots that you were wearing constantly in 2006!’ For me, it’s important to be comfortable in what I’m wearing. Being comfortable means that no one’s going to be able to pull a fast one and take a picture of me that they’ll deem to be embarrassing. I don’t want to wear something so short that I’m scared there will be a wardrobe malfunction, or have a picture of me falling out of my shorts or skirt.”
Aiming for a no-drama life? “If my life had been turbulence free, no bumps in the road at all, maybe my music would be more beige, maybe the stadiums wouldn’t be so full and the mantle would be a little more empty. As much as I would really like to have saved myself heartache, embarrassment or gossip, I also know that my biggest mistakes have turned into my best lessons and sometimes my greatest career triumphs.”
Even though I know this is just a silly transition phase for Swifty, I can’t help but feel sorry for her a little bit. She’s currently building a life around the idea that if she insulates herself enough and she stays home and never makes a mistake, then she’ll never be criticized. Like “not being criticized” is the goal now. I think she’s missing out on a lot of fun and yes, a lot of mistakes that she should be making in her early/mid-20s. These are the years when she should date weirdos and hipsters (and NOT high school boys) and figure out what she really wants. The goal shouldn’t be “not being criticized,” the goal should be “owning her mistakes and not caring if she’s criticized.”
Also – remember, several years ago, when there were a lot of rumors that Taylor was going to be cast in a potential Joni Mitchell/Carole King/Carly Simon bio-pic? Taylor was going to be Joni. Well, The Real Joni just told The Sunday Times that she “squelched” Taylor’s casting. Joni said: “I squelched that! I said to the producer, ‘All you’ve got is a girl with high cheekbones’. It’s just a lot of gossip, you don’t have the great scenes.” Thank God.
Cover & photos courtesy of ASOS, Taylor’s Instagram.
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