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She’s stepping into the daylight in every room of the lover house 😭

in the opening sequence daylight is definitely flooding the house with light, and in some cases she does seem to be looking out at it 😌

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I once again come to you as the Kaylor jewelry expert with a detailed question.

When did Karlie start wearing the Cartier onyx necklace? I know she wore it to the rep tour show in Nashville in August 2018, but was she seen wearing it before that?

hi anon! thank you for the question 😌

back in june 2018 karlie went on a back to back trip to japan and then shanghai. she can be seen wearing the amulette de cartier in japan (josh was there) from june 11th, if you look closely through her instagram stories. she’s more clearly documented wearing it in shanghai starting on june 15th (she was alone for this leg).

her engagement was announced a little more than a month later. iirc, there was word on the street (online rumors) a few weeks before it was announced on july 24, that they were getting engaged. i guess that if you were to believe this official narrative, you might think the amulette was an engagement gift from josh that she could wear without the news getting out by wearing her ring. but my goodness, a symbol of protection during difficult times seems to be an odd choice as an engagement present (who pops the question with a necklace that’s a lucky charm made for times that require strength of heart against all odds?!)

so I’m sure you can see how this lends itself perfectly to the kaylor narrative.

*to provide some meta context, their trip to japan was at the time very painful for kaylors. the two were acting lovey dovey at a time when many were convinced they were about to break up, and they appeared very intimate (had holding/cheek kissing) with each other in ways they really hadn’t in years prior. i think at the time, some saw this bump in pda as writing on the wall that an engagement rather than a breakup was coming. at the time i was a holdout but in hindsight, given the symbolic value of the amulette, it feels that way. btw all this was happening right after taylor got very very loud in spring 2018, when rep tour started and she debuted the rainbow dress and delicate pride speech and we had the caticorn rainbow ad, and so it was distressing at the time how it was like one step forward, two steps back for kaylor. but in hindsight, sheesh, simpler times!

so karlie wore the amulette a whole lot between the end of june and end of sep 2018. most memorably, i would say, to NYC pride and of course when she went to rep tour nashville.

iirc the last time she was seen wearing it in 2018, on sept 28 2018? and she changed her IG profile picture to a picture with her wearing it, and it stayed like that for what feels like it was about a year. then of course we have taylor’s october 2018 AMA performance where there was this big set piece that looked so much like the amulette.. and a nod to it in 2019 as the little peephole on the door to the lover house

while it remained karlie’s profile picture for a long time, karlie didn’t post new photos of her wearing it again until march 2020, another time of difficulty for her with her fans (controversies about her kushner/white house connections in the early days of the pandemic and in an election year) she continued wearing it off and on, notably during her pregnancy, including in the pregnancy announcement video.

so yeah, you can see how these two periods of time have some thematic similarities for her—pivotal life moments both taking things to a new level—and how the amulette and everything it stands for just adds to the symbolism of it all… 🫠

@loveforshow just pointed something out to me about the two numbers dials in Anti-Hero.

It’s too quick to see in real time, but when you slow it down… 8/3.😏

The implications of Taylor trying to dial Karlie because she’s the only one who can help her is so 😭

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God!!! 🙈 I'm still trying to figure out how Taylor managed to once again get away with such a blatant Karlie reference. 😝

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Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered in you…

the exact cabin where kaylor stayed on their big sur trip and cabin from ivy lyric video

Oh my god, how have I never seen this full video angle before?? 😭

'Cause we never go out of style!!! 😎

Wait for it!!! 🌼❤☀️

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None of these images belong to me.

Peoplemag

Taylor Swift Gives Bonuses Totaling Over $55 Million to Every Person Working on Massive Eras Tour

As she gears up to perform six sold-out shows in Los Angeles, Taylor Swift recently gave out bonuses to her entire Eras Tour crew totaling o

This is amazing and incredibly generous of her, and well earned for her hardworking band, dancers and crew who make each show possible!

*Ahm ahm*

8/3 August 3rd

On the kissgate phone

Singing dancing with our hands tied

How long has Karlie had that double ear piercing? 👀 didn’t Taylor get new ear piercings also?

well karlie has had the 2nd piercing for a while now and got the top of her ear pierced in january 2020, so that makes 3!

and yes taylor has added some lovely new additions herself 😉