It’s still technically summer until September 23, but Taylor Swift is one of the many celebrities already dressing for fall.
The singer was photographed in New York wearing a black dress, black knee-length Christian Louboutin boots and a plaid coat as she dined with Greta Gerwig, Zoë Kravitz and Laura Dern at Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria on Monday.
Dern appeared in Swift’s “Bejeweled” music video last October, while Kravitz is a longtime friend of Swift’s. (Kravitz even wrote pieces about Midnights with her.) Gerwig is a new addition to Swift’s circle — and an intriguing one, given that Swift herself is about to direct her first feature film, and Gerwig is coming off huge commercial success as director and co -screenwriter of barbie.
Swift spoke about having Dern play the evil stepmother in her rendition of Cinderella for “Bejeweled” and how that led to a friendship.
“So basically I was thinking about Midnights, the concept, and I was wondering where do we often hear about midnight? We hear this a lot when we talk about the Cinderella fairy tale and I thought, what if we did a little twist on a Cinderella story and I got to choose my friends? Swift recalled when the video came out. “My best friends, the Haim sisters, what if they played half-sisters? And I said to myself, what if we really aimed for the stars with the other castings. What if it was Oscar winner Laura Dern who played my mother-in-law? I was like, “Laura Dern, Oscar winner, hello, I wrote a screenplay. It’s a one-scene scenario where you’re going to call me a tired, nerdy girl. And she told me: I’m depressed. She’s the coolest. She’s so funny. It’s another one, I say ‘Friend’ to him. You are my friend now. Directing Oscar winner Laura Dern is easier than anything I’ve ever done in my life. She is simply the best and I can’t even believe I say things like that.
Senior News and Strategy Editor
Alyssa Bailey is senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at In the style And Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she loves running around Central Park, asking people to take photos of her #ootd, and exploring New York City.
It’s still technically summer until September 23, but Taylor Swift is one of the many celebrities already dressing for fall.
The singer was photographed in New York wearing a black dress, black knee-length Christian Louboutin boots and a plaid coat as she dined with Greta Gerwig, Zoë Kravitz and Laura Dern at Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria on Monday.
Dern appeared in Swift’s “Bejeweled” music video last October, while Kravitz is a longtime friend of Swift’s. (Kravitz even wrote pieces about Midnights with her.) Gerwig is a new addition to Swift’s circle — and an intriguing one, given that Swift herself is about to direct her first feature film, and Gerwig is coming off huge commercial success as director and co -screenwriter of barbie.
Swift spoke about having Dern play the evil stepmother in her rendition of Cinderella for “Bejeweled” and how that led to a friendship.
“So basically I was thinking about Midnights, the concept, and I was wondering where do we often hear about midnight? We hear this a lot when we talk about the Cinderella fairy tale and I thought, what if we did a little twist on a Cinderella story and I got to choose my friends? Swift recalled when the video came out. “My best friends, the Haim sisters, what if they played half-sisters? And I said to myself, what if we really aimed for the stars with the other castings. What if it was Oscar winner Laura Dern who played my mother-in-law? I was like, “Laura Dern, Oscar winner, hello, I wrote a screenplay. It’s a one-scene scenario where you’re going to call me a tired, nerdy girl. And she told me: I’m depressed. She’s the coolest. She’s so funny. It’s another one, I say ‘Friend’ to him. You are my friend now. Directing Oscar winner Laura Dern is easier than anything I’ve ever done in my life. She is simply the best and I can’t even believe I say things like that.
Senior News and Strategy Editor
Alyssa Bailey is senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at In the style And Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she loves running around Central Park, asking people to take photos of her #ootd, and exploring New York City.
