--- title: Watch Taylor Swift Throw Shade at Her Past Fashion Choices description: Taylor Swift isn't above poking fun at herself, especially when taking a trip down memory lane and remembering who she once was. canonical: https://time.com/4987712/taylor-swift-iconic-looks-video/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-18T17:51:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:07.589Z og:title: Join Taylor Swift for a 'Sarcastic Look Down Memory Lane' og:description: From 'You Belong With Me' to '1989' og:url: https://time.com/4987712/taylor-swift-iconic-looks-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8184f70d4a24d2df/6988e27286f68e24236e6e79/taylor-swift-throws-shade-at-herself.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert In Houston - Taylor Swift Performance og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Join Taylor Swift for a 'Sarcastic Look Down Memory Lane' twitter:description: From 'You Belong With Me' to '1989' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8184f70d4a24d2df/6988e27286f68e24236e6e79/taylor-swift-throws-shade-at-herself.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Join Taylor Swift for a 'Sarcastic Look Down Memory Lane' As She Pokes Fun at Her Past > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 18, 2017 5:51 PM UTC  HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 04: Musician Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DIRECTV) HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 04: Musician Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DIRECTV) Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for DIRECTV  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 18, 2017 5:51 PM UTC While [Taylor Swift’s](http://time.com/4812588/taylor-swift-streaming-katy-perry-memes/) single [“Look What You Made Me Do”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time%5Fcontinue=131&v=np4Nw0tBun8) appeared to take shots at everyone from [Kim Kardashian and Kanye West](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/) to [Katy Perry](http://time.com/4914066/taylor-swift-katy-perry-feud-timeline/), it appears that the pop star still has the good humor to poke some fun at herself. In a behind-the-scenes clip that she released on Tuesday, Swift gives fans a look at the extensive wardrobe that she needed for the detail-laden music video that referenced many of the fashion statements that she made for past music videos, concerts, and albums when she was the “old Taylor.” “We’re picking which looks are the ones we want to call attention to and go back and have sort of sarcastic look down memory lane,” she said before pointing out an outfit from the VMAs and a cheerleading outfit from her music video for “Shake It Off.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4987712/taylor-swift-iconic-looks-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4987712/taylor-swift-iconic-looks-video/"},"headline":"Join Taylor Swift for a 'Sarcastic Look Down Memory Lane' As She Pokes Fun at Her Past","datePublished":"2017-10-18T17:51:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:07.589Z","description":"From 'You Belong With Me' to '1989'","url":"https://time.com/4987712/taylor-swift-iconic-looks-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Taylor Swift"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8184f70d4a24d2df/6988e27286f68e24236e6e79/taylor-swift-throws-shade-at-herself.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8184f70d4a24d2df/6988e27286f68e24236e6e79/taylor-swift-throws-shade-at-herself.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert In Houston - Taylor Swift Performance","caption":"2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert In Houston - Taylor Swift Performance","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for DIRECTV","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4987712/taylor-swift-iconic-looks-video/","name":"Join Taylor Swift for a 'Sarcastic Look Down Memory Lane' As She Pokes Fun at Her Past"}}]}] ```