Meet the best-dressed Taylor Swift fans, who made the whole place shimmer at the Eras Tour in Toronto

Cousins Tia Shea, 16, left, and Alissia Alvanese, 18, said Thursday night’s show was their first time seeing Taylor Swift live. They both chose their concert looks carefully.

“My holy grail is ‘Folklore,’ ‘Evermore’ and ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ — anything that reminds me of being deep in a forest,” said Alvanese. “After ‘Folklore,’ I was like, ‘I’m buying and putting it on my body.”

“I did a dance solo to ‘The Archer,’ so I [chose[ a ‘Lover’-themed look,” said Shea.

Zainab, a first-year university student, has been a Swiftie since childhood. She told the Star that she skipped class on Thursday to be at the Rogers Centre and will do so again on Friday, after she scored tickets to all three Eras concerts this week.

She stood out in her pink puffed-sleeve dress, “Miss Americana” sash and sparkly tiara. “It’s ‘Lover’ themed,” she said of her outfit. “It’s my favourite album, you know?”

For Brenda MacLean, decked out in a fuchsia faux-fur jacket and heart-shaped glasses, the Eras Tour is a family affair. She and her daughters, Maxine and Michelle, and her granddaughter Madeline Smallman flew in from Nova Scotia for what they described as a once-in-a-lifetime event. Maxine said her look was inspired by her favourite album, “Reputation,” while Michelle went the “Bejewelled” route with a sequined jacket over a T-shirt dedicated to Swift’s cats Olivia and Meredith. Madeline went for a “Lover” vibe in a pink mini dress with a heart-shaped detail outlined with pearls. “It’s been my dream [to see Swift] since I was four years old,” she said. 

Hannah Green, 20, from Peterborough was “manifesting” the release of “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” with her self-made outfit. Her jacket, which she bedazzled with the words “I never trust a narcissist,” a lyric from “I Did Something Bad,” took her a month and a half to complete. 

“I got the boots and I saw the little hoop things and I was like, that would be cute to dangle the bracelets from,” Green said, gesturing at her sparkly silver boots. “I had too many bracelets to fit on my arm.”

Stella Urlacher, a 10-year-old Swiftie from Cold Lake, Alta, was inspired by Swift’s “Red” era and wore a scarlet furry jacket, black sequinned pants and a black hat similar to the one Swift hands out to a lucky young fan at every concert. The outfit was a birthday gift, which she picked out herself for her Taylor Swift–themed birthday party in May. “I think she’s (Taylor) awesome,” Stella said.  

Asked how she and her mom were enjoying the city so far, Stella said Toronto is “really good” and “much different than home.”

Stevie Polga, 30, travelled from Calgary to see Swift in concert in Toronto, snagging a last-minute ticket from friend Emma, who had an extra. Polga was repping the “Reputation” era with a “God Save the Queen” T-shirt but added a varsity jacket channeling “Evermore” and metallic makeup inspired by “Lover.” 

Nallely Castro from Michigan said she’d recently ended a long relationship and booked the trip to Toronto to get away. Her homemade jewelled bustier, headband and boots were inspired by the “Bejeweled” music video. “I miss him. But I miss sparkling. You feel me?” she said. 

The outfit took her about a week to complete. Her footwear was particularly challenging to DIY and had her bedazzling for two days. “The boots really took the most,” Castro said. “We’re losing a couple of jewels here, but it’s still so worth it.”

Jessica Francis-Drolet from Nova Scotia said her outfit — a white corset and printed white skirt with a vintage-y pearl choker — was inspired by “The Tortured Poets Department,” which is her favourite album. 

“I’ve been a fan of Taylor since she debuted,” said Francis-Drolet, who was seven years old at that time. “I always wanted to see her in show, and I never could.”

Paige Wierzbicki, who drove to Toronto from Buffalo, was celebrating her 27th birthday on Thursday and had bought herself tickets to the Eras Tour as a gift.

Her pale blue sequined jumpsuit was inspired by the “Lover” album. “I just got married, we’re coming up on one year, so I figured ‘Lover’ era was perfect,” Wierzbicki said. 

Swiftie couple Jordon Solomon and Langleigh Androsoff travelled from Prince Albert, Sask. with their Eras Tour looks in tow.

“To be honest, I saw somebody with a similar outfit on Instagram, and I really like the brim hat look that a lot of people have been rocking,” Solomon said. Androsoff was going for “Reputation” with her black leather jacket, black sparkly mini dress and silver cowboy boots. “That was the album— specifically the song ‘Don’t Blame Me’ — that I started listening to Taylor Swift with, and then became obsessed.”

Leslee Samson came with her friends Lawrence and Larah, who all dressed to impress in sequins, paillettes and jewels galore. Lawrence wore gems in his beard and a sheer shirt dripping with rose gold embellishments as a reference to “Lover.” Larah went for the popular “Lover” look too, while Leslee said her outfit had elements of “Midnights.”

When asked to send a message to Taylor, Larah said “I feel like I grew up with you.” Samson added, “we want to meet you someday,” and Lawrence said simply, “I love you.”

Chevonne Henry wore a “T-Swizzle” jacket that was inspired by the Taylor Swift and T-Pain “Thug Story” music video from “Saturday Night Live,” a parody of Swift’s song “Love Story.” 

“I saw a girl dress up as this over a year ago, and it really inspired me,” she said. “I knew I wanted to do it the second I saw it.”

Kari and Martin from Wisconsin said it cost them “an arm and two legs” to get re-sale tickets to Thursday’s show, a sacrifice they made for the happiness of their two daughters, Gabriela and Natalia. 

All four family members showed up to the Rogers Centre sparkling with Kari wearing a sequined jacket, Martin channeling his inner “Lover,” Gabriela going for “The Tortured Poets Department” with hints of “1989,” and Natalia in an amalgamation of TTPD and “Reputation.” 

Martin said what he was most excited to see was his daughters’ faces during the concert.

Debbie and Sloan McIver, a mom and daughter from Ottawa, snagged tickets to the show from a family friend just a week prior. Despite the late notice, the two showed up in matching gold sequin dresses, going for the “Fearless” aesthetic. 

“She’s just such a positive role model,” Debbie said. “Hey, you love her songs. What else do you love about her?” she asked her 10-year-old daughter. Sloan said, “she’s kind.”

Maya Charman met Valeria Flores in line at the Toronto Eras Tour. They instantly became “best friends” and both purchased a pink cowboy hat from a vendor at the stadium.

Charman was wearing an all-black “Reputation”-era outfit, the album she says made her into a “full Swiftie” despite loving the pop star “since I was born.” 

Flores said her outfit incorporated many Swift Eras including “Midnights,” “Tortured Poets” and “Speak Now.” 

Ciara Kilkenny drove 11 hours to Toronto from Massachusetts to get to Swift’s concert and she didn’t forget to pack her outfit, a “Midnights”-themed look that she created herself. 

“It took me 60 hours to make this. I didn’t realize it was going to take that long, but I committed to it,” Kilkenny said. 

Megan Widawski lives in Toronto and got her tickets to Thursday’s show just after noon the same day. However, she was prepared with a “Lover”-inspired rose-washed denim jacket and heart-shaped glasses she had worn when she saw Swift at her Portugal concert. 

“Lover is probably one of my top five albums, and I love pink,” she said.

Cam Wilson and Liva Merick took the train into Toronto from Port Dover to see the show, and although the pair were on two different ends of the fashion spectrum, they were perfectly on theme. 

Wilson went for a “Fearless”-era gold sequin dress mixed with “Lover”-esque heart jewels in her hair. Merick was wearing a “Midnights”-inspired navy cardigan embellished with stars to beat the cold.