Semiotics

Lipstick, black leather, fishnets, bed-head, hot pink....ahh! There are so many semiotic signs going on here that it’s overload. I mean, Taylor has had her fair share of fashion faux pas, but this is just too much. Taylor is trying to be tough but girly, and create the specific balance of ambivalence and ambiguity of masculine and feminine. However, I’m not entirely sure you succeed here, Taylor, the hot pink lipstick and fishnets say sexy. The leather jacket says biker, rock n’roll rebel and the messy hair tries to say “I just woke up and looked this good,” but, as we all know thats not the case. The effortless look is never as effortless as it may seem. She probably spent hours fussing with her hair so it was perfectly messy and polished at the same time.