These are some newish photos of Taylor Swift walking to the Rodarte runway show yesterday, during NYFW. Swifty‘s dress is Rodarte, obviously. Now… some have claimed that I am prepared to go to war against lace and crochet. They might be right. It’s not that I just flat-out hate lace and crochet, always and forever. I just think that:

1. Head-to-toe lace is always going to be a bad idea. Always. No exceptions.
2. Head-to-toe crochet is always going to be a bad idea. Always. No exceptions.
3. Beware of too much white/cream lace/crochet, because The Doily Effect occurs.
4. Lace is very “precious” and “girly” and a little bit goes a long way on adult women.
5. Crochet is very “grandmother” and a little bit goes a long way on women younger than, say, 70 years old.
6. Beware of The Lingerie Effect – lace details can often look like your panties are showing.
7. Lace and crochet rarely photograph well, so while it might look lovely and pretty in person, the effect will probably be lost on camera.

So, with all of my lace rules/suggestions in place, what do you think of Taylor Swift’s ensemble? Doily Effect. Too precious. Too old. Too much, all over. Plus, the odd “antiqued” look to the crochet is throwing me off. This goes beyond The Doily Effecct and it looks like Swifty just draped her grandmother’s giant, ratty, old, hand-knitted crochet blanket on herself.

So, let me say something nice about Swifty… she has really nice skin. And I’ve never noticed how pretty her profile is.

Oh, I meant to mention this – Joe Jonas wants Swifty back, according to Us Weekly. If you remember, Swifty and Joe were cuddlefesting, and then he went and cuddlefested Camilla Belle, and then Joe dumped Swifty over the phone. And so Swifty cried and wrote music about Joe, and about Camilla being a giant slut. And now Joe wants Swifty back? Interesting. Your move, Camilla.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.