Assuming you didn’t “eternal sunshine” 2016 from your mind post-Trump’s election, you might recall one Taylor Alison Swift hosting that year’s Met Gala in a metallic Louis Vuitton look. The evening (and the American Vogue cover that preceded it) marked a point of departure for Swift from a style perspective: her golden curls were bleached platinum, her typically scarlet lips darkened to carmine, and her futuristic minidress constituted a sartorial 180 from the fairytale J Mendel gowns she’d previously worn up the museum steps.”You’ve read your last complimentary story.  Subscribe now. If you’re already a subscriber sign in.