Taylor Swift's £58 dress choice leaves Scottish designer 'stunned'

Taylor Swift filled an empty space in her wardrobe with a £58 dress from a Scottish fashion house, leaving its owner “stunned”.

Swift was spotted wearing the olive green mini dress in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday while dining with actors Blake Lively and Zoë Kravitz at Lucali Pizzeria.

Scottish fashion designer and co-founder of Perth-based Little Lies, Jade Robertson, told The Times: “[I was] completely stunned at first.”

< p class="dcr-1fp5gi9"> "We didn't even know she had the dress," she added.

"I woke up with WhatsApp messages from a member of our creative team. Her brother is a mega-Swiftie, and on his Twitter feed at 6 a.m. this morning, he immediately spotted the dress and was like: oh my god.

"He sent it to his sister. who then passed it on to me... That's how we found out."

When she checked The dress was in stock Thursday morning and it was already sold out.

Little Lies staff found the order but it was not placed in Swift's name. They speculated that it was most likely made in secret by the singer herself or a member of her team.

Robertson said that the production of the dress would be limited to "a few hundred." and the price "will stay exactly the same."

She's not a big fan of Swift but she told the Times that she "absolutely enjoys" his music. “I'm much more of a '70s classic rock girl. Little Lies is obviously a Fleetwood Mac song," she said. “My aunt was in a band in the 70s and I grew up listening to her tell stories about hanging out with Led Zeppelin and the Beatles.”

“I love her music too, but what I really like is that she carries it in a Stevie Nicks way,” added Robertson.

Despite her multi-million dollar fortune, Swift has been known to rock wallet-friendly items in the past. She apparently wore a red knit dress which can be purchased for $98 (£77) while out with Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner last September. Last June, she was spotted wearing what looked like a bodysuit that is now on sale for $48.

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Last week, the New York Times was criticized after publishing an article speculating about Swift's sexuality. Speaking anonymously to CNN, a member of Swift's team attributed the decision to publish the op-ed to sexism and ethical lapses.

“Because of her huge success, right now, it's a Taylor-shaped hole in people's ethics,” the person said. "This article would not have been allowed to be written about Shawn Mendes or any male artist whose sexuality has been questioned by fans."

Swift should stand performing in Edinburgh this June for three nights as part of the Eras Tour. This will be his first set of UK performances as part of the tour. She has 10 tour dates scheduled in the UK this year, also performing in Liverpool, Cardiff and London.

Swift took second and third places on the albums chart British of 2023 despite neither. with the albums initially being released last year. British recording industry figures show that Swift's Midnights, released in 2022, was the second most commercially successful album in the UK last year, followed by 1989 (Taylor's Version), a re-recording of her album of the same name of 2014, at No 3.