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Sweat Tour box office line: Los Angeles, night 2 /  by Liz Brown

I’m writing this on the Amtrak back to Chicago from Los Angeles. It’s been a strange and long and wonderful 60 hours since I left my apartment with only a backpack (thank you, Spirit Airlines). (Actually, I snuck my fanny pack onto the plane under my sweater, but they don’t need to know that.) As soon as I landed, I took a bus to a coffee shop for a breakfast sandwich and 6 shots of espresso, then another bus to Kia Forum, where I queued for a grand total of 6 hours, with the hope of getting box-office-released tickets. (Spoiler alert: we did!)

The first photo is of the girlies I spent the day in line with; after spending such a long time together, we decided to get seats together, too, to continue our fun evening. We split up to quickly change, Carleigh and I getting ready in the Von bathroom and snagging a few snacks to eat on our walk back. Something about a grody grocery store bathroom as the prequel for our evening felt very brat.

Taylor Swift Eras Tour: Fan Fashion, Los Angeles night 3 /  by Liz Brown

This was one of the best weeks of my life. So surreal and beautiful. Thank you for letting me be a part of your best day. Stay beautiful, Los Angeles.

xoxo Liz

P.S. If you see yourself and would like your photo, please email me at estorie@outlook.com (specify which image is you!). If you’d like to hire me, please email me, too. Lastly, if you’d like to support a local artist, my venmo is @estorie. If everyone sent me even $20, I could pay my bills for the next month! Thank you!

P.P.S. The other nights I’ve photographed can be found here:
Tampa, night 2
Tampa, night 3
Nashville, night 1
Nashville, night 1 (the bridge)
Detroit, night 1
Denver, night 1

the eras tour

debut

fearless

speak now

red

1989

repuation

lover

folklore & evermore

I knooooow folklore and evermore are two separate eras, but the outfits for them tend to blend together and there aren’t often enough images separate sections. <3

Midnights

taylor-gating

The two girlies on the last photo were taylor-gating while their kids were at the show inside. They used to be neighbors, but hadn’t seen each other in years, and decided that this was the perfect reunion. We chatted for at least 20 minutes, they shared their drinks with me, and the whole interaction was one of the most delightful parts of my trip.

Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour: Fan Fashion, Detroit night 1 /  by Liz Brown

welcome to detroit—it’s been waiting for you!

I was talking to some new friends last night about how special this project has been: I get to bear witness to people’s best days, to document their best dresses, and to see firsthand their fearless determination to make it to these shows. There’s so much hard work and camaraderie and joy that lead into this spaces and I get to be a fly on the wall for all this beauty. Every time, both in photographing these days and in writing about them, I tear up because this is so special. It’s the intersection of fashion, music, community—all my favorite things—and I could do this forever. Thank you so much for trusting me with your faces, you stories, your best days.

xoxo Liz

P.S. If you see yourself and would like your photo, please email me at estorie@outlook.com (specify which image is you!). If you’d like to hire me, please email me, too. Lastly, if you’d like to support a local artist, my venmo is @estorie. Thank you!

P.P.S. The other nights I’ve photographed can be found here:
Tampa, night 2
Tampa, night 3
Nashville, night 1
Nashville, night 1 (the bridge)

the eras tour

debut

fearless

speak now

red

1989

reputation

lover

folklore

evermore

midnights

I had the best day with you today

so make the friendship bracelets

you can face this

Taylor Swift Eras Tour: Fan Fashion, Tampa night 2 /  by Liz Brown

We brought our best dresses, our best friends, and our big reputations. We came with our friendship bracelets and left in our getaway cars. We took the moment and saw something they can’t take away.

There’s just one who could make us stay in that merch line that long and travel from across the country to Tampa, Florida, of all places, to stand in the sun for hours, waiting for the countdown clock to appear. Spoiler: her name is Taylor Swift.

And in that moment, as the lights turned down, and “it’s been a long time coming” poured over Raymond James Stadium, it turned into something bigger, all of us together. And the best part is, none of us were ever alone.

Long live, the looks on all your faces, the magic we made: thank you for letting me capture it. I had the time of my life taking pictures with you. You’re beautiful.

*Yes, I cried writing this; someone please hire me to do this forever. Yes, the person or people on the stage are important, but this—the friendship, the dancing, the dresses, the people coming together because the same words make them feel understood—this is what it’s all about. This is what the songs have become: stories and bracelets that tie us all together, and, god, if there’s one thing I want to do forever, it’s tell these stories.

If you see yourself and would like your photo, please email me at estorie@outlook.com. If you would like to hire me, please email me, too. Lastly, if you’d like to support a local artist, my venmo is @estorie. Thank you!

Welcome to the Eras Tour!

Speak Now

A lot going on at the moment

already flying through the free fall

Reputation precedes me

nothing good starts in a getaway car

Can I go where you go?

Shining Just for You

Tuesday Night at Olive Garden—I mean, Friday afternoon at Burger King

midnights like this

So make the friendship bracelets

Harry's House Chicago, Night 6: Fan Fashion /  by Liz Brown

Night 6 is here! If you’d like to see the other nights, the New York ones from last year are here and here and here and Chicago night 1 is here, night 2 is here, night 3 is here, and night 5 is here.

Thank you for everyone who let me take their photos! If you see yourself and would like your photo, please email me at estorie@outlook.com.

Also, if you like these photos and would like to hire me, email me!
And if you’d like to support a local artist, my venmo is @estorie. Thank you!

Harry’s House

“…or is it?”

This section is for all the proud and dedicated parents who made these nights happen! Watching them watch their kids was one of my favorite things.

sign me up!

“i can still make the whole place shimmer.”

lights up

watermelon sugar… and pizza

and we danced all night…

What are the odds that I’d run into New Rules again?!

the end

Thanks for joining me on this adventure! Let me know what community I should document next!

Harry's House Chicago, Night 2: Fan Fashion /  by Liz Brown

Night 2! Everyone brought the looks! I’m going to try to mix up the categories every night to keep it interesting. If you’d like to see the other nights, the New York ones from last year are here and here and here and Chicago night 1 is here.

Thank you for everyone who let me take their photos! If you see yourself and would like your photo, please email me at estorie@outlook.com.

Also, if you like these photos and would like to hire me, email me!
And if you’d like to support a local artist, my venmo is @estorie. Thank you!

as it was

creativi-tee

denim & duos

a pop of pink

“this night, it sparkles…”

visiting the Fruit Man

little black dress

signs of the times

I don’t have a clever title for this section, but here are some super creative homemade looks!

the end!

Oh, look! It’s me! Someone offered to take my photo and I said “yes” so here we are.

Suburban Angst /  by Liz Brown

“Darling, I’m a daydream, dressed like a nightmare.”
- Blank Space (Liz Returns to the Suburbs Edition)

I wore this look on December 21, 2021.

Outfit details:
Jacket: vintage The Limited, from Salvation Army in Clive, Iowa
Sunglasses: The Bearded Beagle (my favorite LA vintage store)
Sweater: H&M
Pants: random thrifted vintage pants, from Salvation Army in Clive, Iowa
Shoes: Red Back Boots