

Taylor Swift. Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic
Taylor Swift skilled a really costly vogue emergency on the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, September 12.
In movies shared through Twitter, Swift, 33, might be seen with a confused look on her face after noticing that the diamond on her 18-karat yellow gold ring from Van Cleef & Arpels had gone lacking. In a single clip, the hitmaker held up the ring and pointed on the middle earlier than wanting down on the floor. Bystanders in addition to members of the manufacturing crew rapidly gathered round Swift, seemingly trying to find the gem on the ground. At one level within the video, a lady used a flashlight to help in search efforts, prompting Swift to bend down and scour the realm. It’s not instantly clear if Swift recovered the stone.
Swift was loaned the accent by Joseph Saidian & Sons — who’s providing the piece for $12,000, per the jewellery retailer’s Instagram. The corporate additionally lent items to Bebe Rexha and Saweetie for the ceremony.
Swift paired the rock – in addition to layered gold necklaces — with a black asymmetrical gown by Versace. The robe had Us satisfied that Popularity often is the subsequent album she’s rerecording as a result of darkish moody vibe of the look — an aesthetic carefully related to the 2017 mission. Swift’s robe additionally reminded Us of the memorable security pin gown by the style home that Elizabeth Hurley wore when she accompanied Hugh Grant to the premiere of 4 Weddings and a Funeral in 1994.

Regardless of the ring mishap, the VMAs proved to be a historic evening for Swift when she accepted the extremely coveted Video of the Yr honor, which marked her fourth Moonperson of the evening. (She additionally took house trophies for Greatest Pop, Track of the Yr and Greatest Route earlier within the evening.)
“OK, that is unbelievable,” Swift stated whereas accepting the Video of the Yr trophy. “The truth that it is a fan-voted award means a lot to me based mostly on the recollections we’ve made collectively lately.”
Swift, who gained for “Anti-Hero,” gave her loyal followers a shout-out for turning out in droves for her Eras Tour the previous few months. “It actually felt like the journey of a lifetime,” she stated of the sold-out live shows.

Forward of Tuesday’s dwell occasion, many followers believed that Swift would steal the present — and the coveted award — after beforehand breaking information on the 2022 occasion.
Swift was the primary artist to win Video of the Yr 3 times after she obtained the 2022 title for “All Too Nicely (10 Minute Model) (Taylor’s Model)” off her album Purple (Taylor’s Model).
“Earlier than this, I had directed and written my music movies, however I had by no means directed a brief movie earlier than. … We put our complete hearts into this making an attempt to make one thing that is likely to be worthy of the love that you just, the followers have proven this music,” Swift stated in August 2022 whereas accepting the award for Breakthrough Lengthy Kind Video for a similar music.
She proceeded to gush over her followers when she took the stage for the 2022 Video of the Yr honor. “You guys, I’m simply so happy with what we made, and I do know with each second of this second that we wouldn’t have been capable of make this brief movie if it weren’t for you, the followers,” an overwhelmed Swift stated. “As a result of I wouldn’t be capable of rerecord my albums if it weren’t for you.”