This showgirl is ready for the stage.
Taylor Swift made her first award show appearance of the year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026 on Thursday, hitting the red carpet at LA’s Dolby Theater wearing a mint green velvet corset and matching Wiederhoeft miniskirt, along with Jimmy Choo sandals in the same soft hue.
Her bustier top included visible boning, shimmering glass beadwork, and playful fringe, perfectly in line with the aesthetic of her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl.
Swift wore her hair in a half-up style and swapped out her signature red lipstick for a soft, glossy pink. She completed her look with dazzling Dena Kemp earrings set with bicolor tourmalines, a Nack Armstrong ear cuff, a Selim Mouzanar and Rudezen ring, and a giant engagement ring from her fiancé Travis Kelce, who attended the show.
She is the most nominated artist of the year, receiving nine nominations including Artist of the Year, Pop Artist of the Year, Favorite Tour Style (Ellas Tour), and Song of the Year for “The Fate of Ophelia.”
Swift has attended the iHeartRadio Music Awards multiple times over the years, most recently accepting the Innovator Award in 2023 wearing a crystal-encrusted hooded jacket, pants, and jumpsuit-like boots by Alexandre Vauthier Couture.
In 2019, she channeled her Sweetheart aesthetic by pairing an iridescent sequined Rosa Bloom romper with butterfly-embellished Sophia Webster sandals. She won two awards at the ceremony: Tour of the Year (‘Reputation’ Stadium Tour) and Best Music Video (‘Delicate’).
She attended the show again in 2016, wearing a sleek black sequined Saint Laurent and blunt-cut bob to win artist of the year, song of the year (‘Shake It Off’) and song of the year (‘Blank Space’).
And Swift debuted at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2015, performing a successful step-and-repeat in a sparkly black Kaufman Franco cutout minidress, then performing with Madonna and scooping up three statuettes during the show.
More than a decade later, this superstar still knows how to make a dramatic entrance.
