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The short answer
A fun, easy theme for a Swiftie bride, and it works best with one era rather than all of them.
- The mistake
- Doing all the erasAn all-eras bachelorette party has no color scheme, so the photographs read as a costume box rather than a theme
- The fix
- Pick one eraOne era gives you a palette, a dress code eleven people can follow, and a room that looks deliberate
- Decor budget
- $80 to $160Lower than most themed bachelorette parties, because the strongest props here are things people already own
- Works in
- A rented houseThis is a house theme rather than a bar theme. Nothing here survives contact with a loud club
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Taylor Swift era outfit ideas
Pick one era for the group, or one era per night.
Fearless
Gold sequins, fringe and curls. A glittery gold dress for the bride.
Speak Now
Purple dresses, tulle and sparkle.
Red
Red lipstick, a red scarf, a striped top and a black hat.
1989
Pastel blue, crop tops, a sequin skirt and heart shaped sunglasses.
Reputation
All black, snake prints and silver, for a night out.
Lover
Pastel pink and blue, hearts, butterflies and glitter. A cute choice for a bride in pink or white.
Folklore and evermore
Cardigans, cream knits, plaid and cozy boots for a cabin weekend.
Midnights
Dark purple, navy and silver stars, with a sequin dress.
The Tortured Poets Department
Black and white, lace and a vintage look.
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Taylor Swift bachelorette party ideas: food, drinks and activities
Easy, fun ideas that carry the theme without much to buy.
Friendship bracelets
Beads with names, lyrics and song titles, made on the first evening and traded all weekend.
A playlist in era order
Built before the trip, on for arrivals, the drive to dinner and a late singalong.
Swiftie trivia and finish the lyric
A quiz on albums, lyrics and easter eggs, played in teams.
Themed drinks
Name the cocktails after songs, such as a pink Lover spritz or a red Red sangria, with a mocktail version.
An eras dessert table
Cupcakes or cookies decorated in the era's colors, with a glitter cake topper for the bride.
Karaoke night
A private karaoke room or a microphone at the house.
A concert film movie night
Popcorn, blankets and the concert film on the last night.
An instant camera photo wall
Photos pinned to a string of fairy lights as they are taken.
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How to plan a Taylor Swift bachelorette party
One era, a two color dress code, a few cheap props, and the music doing the rest.
A Taylor Swift bachelorette party is a fun theme for a Swiftie bride: friendship bracelets, a singalong playlist and outfits inspired by her favorite era. It is easy to throw, because the strongest ideas are cheap or free, and it works in a rented house in any city.
The Eras Tour idea, for a bachelorette party
The Eras Tour format, one artist moving through album looks, is where the eras party idea comes from. For a Taylor Swift bachelorette party it translates best as one era per evening: a Lover look for the welcome dinner and a Reputation look for the night out, so each night keeps its own colors and the girls pack one outfit per era rather than a costume for every album.
Pick one era
A theme photographs well when two or three colors repeat across the room. Ten eras bring ten palettes, so choose one era with the bride, or one era per night, and send the group a two color dress code they can meet from their own closet.
Ask the bride which era she loves
Ask which album she would put on alone in the car, and use that. If she loves them all, choose the era whose colors suit the destination and the plan: Reputation for a night out, 1989 for a pool day, folklore for a cabin.
Invitations and decorations
Send a digital invite with a lyric in the era's font and colors. Decorate one room with fairy lights, balloons in two colors, a disco ball or hearts, and an instant camera photo wall. Skip the printed backdrop and the album cover cutouts.
What to buy, and what to skip
Buy the few items that carry the theme: beads for bracelets, fairy lights, heart shaped sunglasses and one prop for the chosen era. Skip custom shirts for every guest, a printed backdrop, and glitter in a rental house. A Taylor Swift bachelorette party looks best when guests wear their favorite outfits in the era's colors.
Favors
Friendship bracelets double as favors. Add heart shaped sunglasses or a small bag of candy in the era's colors if the budget allows.
Pair it with a city
Nashville, where Taylor Swift started her career, is a natural pairing for a country or Fearless themed weekend, but the theme travels to any destination with a house to decorate.
A Taylor Swift bridal shower
Lover is the era for a shower: pastels, hearts, daytime, and a dress code guests of every age can meet. If the same group is planning both, two different eras keep the events distinct.
One era, two colors, and a playlist in order. That is the whole theme.
The Swiftie rulePlanning
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Seven eras, seven palettes
Give the group two hex values and a material and the outfits hold together whether people shopped for this or pulled it out of their own wardrobe. Midnights is the purple one and Fearless is the gold one, which are the two people ask for by color rather than by name.
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Which era suits which group
Match the era to what the group is doing that weekend.
One color, everyone owns something in it, and a red scarf is the cheapest recognizable prop in this whole category. The default if the bride has no favorite era, and the easiest set of colors to shop for.
Pastel blue, heart-shaped sunglasses, a Polaroid camera on the table. The most fun era for a daytime group, a pool, or a city where you are outdoors and want photos.
Black, snakes, dim rooms. The only era on this list that works in a club rather than a house, and the right pick for a group whose weekend is a night out.
Cardigans, beige, candles, a cabin. Right for a slow weekend in a rented house and completely wrong for Broadway.
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Six things in, four things out
One rule sorts the list: things people wear or make photograph well, and printed paper does not. Nearly everything on the right is a printout pretending to be decor.
Worth buying
- Beads and elastic for braceletsTwenty minutes, works while people talk, and everybody keeps theirs.About $12 for the group
- One red scarfA recognizable prop for a Red era party, and it costs almost nothing.About $9
- A Polaroid or instant cameraEarns its money at any theme, and doubles as the decor when the photographs go up on a wall or a string.$70, or borrowed
- Heart-shaped sunglasses, eleven pairsThe cheapest way to make a group photograph read as one group. Works for 1989 and Lover both.About $16
- A string of warm fairy lightsCarries folklore and evermore on its own, and makes every other era's photographs better after dark.About $14
- Cardstock for a lyric quizFinish the lyric, played from a phone, works in a loud room with people arriving late.
Skip
- A printed eras backdropCreases, reads flat in photographs, and costs more than the fairy lights that would have done the job.
- Ten album-cover cutoutsThis is the all-eras mistake in object form. The table ends up looking like a merchandise stall.
- Custom shirts for eleven peopleWorn once, in one photograph, and the group is then dressed identically for the entire evening whether they wanted to be or not.
- Glitter, in any formIt is in the rental house for the rest of the year and it is on the cleaning fee.
$110
Estimated decor spend
And the two best props here cost twenty-one dollars together.
A red scarf and a pack of beads. The props that carry this theme are cheap or already in somebody's closet, so spending more does not make the photos better.
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A Taylor Swift inspired weekend, in order
One era, two nights, and the theme carried by things that are free. Nothing here needs a printer and only two lines cost anything at all.
Arrivals, playlist on
The Taylor Swift inspired part of the weekend starts the moment the first two people are in the house. Playlist in order, loud, and everyone gets a drink before anybody gets a task.
Bracelets, while dinner cooks
Twenty minutes, beads on the table, and everyone makes one for somebody else rather than for themselves.
The daylight photo
One group photo before anybody has been drinking, in the era's two colors, outdoors. Take it early, while everyone is fresh.
The drive
The group in two cars on the way to dinner with the playlist on, singing along.
Dinner, then the era's night
Where the era choice pays: a Reputation group goes to a dark bar, a Lover group stays on a rooftop, and a folklore group goes back to the house on purpose.
The singalong, lights down
The last hour, at the house, with the lights down and the favorite songs on.
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Taylor Swift bachelorette party, answered
The questions worth asking about this theme in particular.
How do you do a Taylor Swift themed bachelorette party?
Pick one era with the bride, take two colors from it, and tell the group the dress code in one sentence they can meet from their own wardrobe. Buy one thing that carries the room, usually fairy lights or a scarf, and make friendship bracelets on the first evening.
That is the whole plan. Trying to fit all ten albums into one night is the easiest way to lose the look.
What are the best Taylor Swift bachelorette party ideas that cost nothing?
A three-hour playlist built in advance and in order, the drive to dinner with everybody singing, and a late singalong with the lights down. Those three matter more than any decoration or purchase.
They are easy to forget when planning from a shopping list, so put them on the itinerary.
Which era should we pick?
The bride's favorite, and if she has no strong preference, Red, because it is one color that everybody already owns something in.
If the weekend is a night out rather than a house weekend, Reputation is the only era on this list that works in a dark bar. If it is a slow house weekend, folklore. If it is a pool or a daytime city, 1989.
Can we do all the eras?
Across the days, yes: one era on Friday and a different one on Saturday. In one room on one night, no, and this is the easiest way for this theme to disappoint.
An eras party has ten palettes in it, which means it has none, and the group photo can look like a jumble.
What are good Taylor Swift bachelorette party games?
Finish the lyric, played off a phone with no printing: people can join late, leave early, and it works in a loud room.
Name that outfit and an easter egg hunt both need a quiet room and somebody running them, which is a higher bar than most bachelorette parties clear on a Saturday night.
What should the dress code be?
One color and one item. For example: wear red, plus something sparkly. Asking guests to represent a specific album means some will have to shop.
Send it as a single sentence in the group chat with the per-head number, not as a separate message closer to the date.
How much does this theme cost?
Between eighty and a hundred and sixty dollars for the whole group, which is at the cheap end for a themed bachelorette party. The two most effective props on the list cost twenty-one dollars together.
Custom shirts and a printed backdrop cost the most, and they are not needed for great photos.
Do we need to go to a specific city for this?
No. Unlike the themes built around a venue, this one travels: it works in a rented house in any of the forty-seven cities on this site, and it works at a bridal shower too.
If the group wants the theme and the city to match, Nashville is the obvious pairing.
Does a Taylor Swift theme work for a bridal shower too?
Yes, and Lover is the era for it: pastels, hearts, daytime, and a dress code every guest including the bride's aunt can meet. It is the one era on this list that suits a room with a wide age range in it.
If the same group is planning a shower and a bachelorette party, using two different eras gives you two events that look nothing alike, which is worth more than either theme on its own.
What should we do about photos?
Plan four: a daylight group photo before drinking, one in the room with the lights on, one from the drive, and one late. Name the photos in advance and you get them; assume they will happen and you come home with forty photos of the same corner of a bar.
An instant camera earns its place here more than in any other theme, because photos pinned to a string are better wall decor than anything you can buy and they get better as the night goes on. It is more fun than a backdrop and it costs less.
Is a Taylor Swift bach party too much for a mixed group?
Usually not. The songs are widely known, and the dress code can be met with one item in the right color.
The version that alienates people is the all-eras one, because it asks each guest to commit to a specific album. One era with two colors asks nobody to prove anything.
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What to read next
The other theme that works this way, the city people pair this with, and the guide for the part of the weekend a theme does not solve.
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How this theme was scored
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