Is Taylor Swift entering a new style era?

You would never call Taylor Swift a particularly edgy dresser. She’s always been more of a floral-pattern-and-lipstick kind of girl. Which is why I was a little surprised to see the singer-songwriter-director-master-of-masters step out of Electric Lady studios in this black-on-black ’fit.

On September 5 photographers caught Swift in New York City wearing a black mesh tank top tucked into wide-leg black trousers with a pair of chunky black boots. She’d ditched her usual ponytail for two braided pigtails worn with a Ralph Lauren baseball cap. On the Girl Next Door Spectrum^TM, Swift’s style tends to land dead center, but this look suggests the girl in question skateboards and smokes weed and listens to Metallica.

What I’m saying is it’s a bit of a departure from the sweet, girly looks Swift has been rocking this summer. I’m used to seeing Taylor in corset tops, flowery sundresses, and the occasional pair of butterfly-embellished jeans. This whole vibe in general, and the pigtail braids in particular, is giving me flashbacks to some of Jennifer Lawrence’s off-duty looks. In October of 2022, for instance, Lawrence wore pigtails and a baseball cap to take her baby for a walk in NYC. Lawrence also wore pigtails and a cap back in May, per The Zoe Report.

Is Taylor Swift taking fashion cues from J.Law now? Is she about to start a new girl squad? Watch this space.

This feature originally appeared on GLAMOUR US.