Last night saw Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals take place, with the Cleveland Cavaliers hosting the New York Knicks at Ohio’s Rocket Arena. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce made an appearance at the crucial match for Ohioan Kelce’s home team, and took some tips from frequent game attending couple Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet’s courtside style.
Swift and Kelce both opted for denim-forward looks. The pop star was kitted out in full Stella McCartney: faded wide-leg and high-rise denim jeans, a patchwork denim bomber jacket, and a chain detail ribbed vest top from the recent H&M collab. Paired with Stella McCartney Elsa patent buckle heeled sandals, she added the Dior Cigale bag, a Tiffany & Co. diamond wire ring, a Jacquie Aiche large marquise diamond pave signet ring, and of course, her Kindred Lubeck of Artifex fine jewelry old mine brilliant cut diamond engagement ring.
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Kelce—beside her, and animatedly reacting to the Cavaliers highs and lows—chose a full Canadian tuxedo from the couple’s fave, Louis Vuitton: a short sleeved denim shirt with an oversized logo on the pocket and slim fit denim pants, which he styled with Nike Le Bron 7 MVP sneakers, a Mitchell and Ness x Just Don Cleveland Cavaliers cap, a Cartier Skeleton watch and Love Unlimited bracelet.
While very much within both Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s own sartorial remits, their looks had the same casual and low-key air as Knicks fanatics Kylie and Timmy. Denim is an expansive intersection for everybody: Taylor’s relaxed and tailored, Travis’s logo-led, Kylie’s low-rise, and Timmy’s skater-kid-grown-up vibe.
When the Kansas City Chiefs athlete is on the pitch, Swift will often embrace the team colors: her playbook for dressing as an NFL WAG combines merch with big labels, mixing sporty style with more fashion-forward elements.
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The couple were spotted during the game’s first quarter, and announcer Mike Breen acknowledged them as such: “Travis Kelce and his fiancée here at the game,” while analyst Richard Jefferson observed: “Travis and his girlfriend are in the building, that’s always great to see.” (A strange descriptor for one of the world’s biggest pop stars, even in the arena, some might say.)
Swift and Kelce have upped their date nights and public appearances in recent weeks, with trips to London and several friends’s weddings in both Brooklyn’s Bushwick and further afield in Greece, the latter for Kelce’s teammate. Their own nuptials are rumored to be imminent. Notably, Swift has been wearing a lot of Stella McCartney—is this a hint at what’s to come on her own big day?
