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Taylor Swift Takes Her Liner to the Movies at the 2026 VMAs

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At the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift's makeup drew on classic Italian film: dark, graphic eyeliner that looked made for a close-up on a big screen. Vogue named it among eight standout makeup moments from the evening, and it clearly led the pack. For an archive that tracks who wore what, where and when, a look like this is worth filing under both the year and the reference. Here the reference was a very old-fashioned kind of glamour, brought to a very modern awards show.

With reporting from Vogue.

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