TikTokers are spending days on stunning hand-made Taylor Swift 'Eras' concert outfits, from bejeweled floral dresses to a 3D printed snake jacket

• Swift's 'Eras' tour kicks off on Friday, but superfans on TikTok have been preparing their outfits for weeks.
• The painstaking creations involve 3D printing and are adorned with accessories like Starbucks cups and rhinestones. 
• Fans and commenters have likened 'Eras' to their very own MET Gala. 

Taylor Swift fans are known for their fierce support and unwavering dedication to the pop star, who is set to kick off her "Eras" tour on Friday in Glendale, Arizona. 

In the lead-up to the event, which is Swift's first tour in five years, and which crashed Ticketmaster when tickets were first offered last year, a community of Swifties on TikTok are chronicling the elaborately handmade outfits they plan to wear to their local shows. 

Some are going viral in the process, with commenters applauding their couture-like craftsmanship and likening Eras to their very own MET gala. 

TikTokers have been tirelessly dying fabric, pasting rhinestones, and fashioning handmade fringe, showing off their meticulous sewing and hot glue gun skills. Given the Eras theme, most looks take inspiration from past phases of Swift's career, and, according to some users, their getups have taken as long as a month to construct. 

Here are some of the most standout looks:

1. A sequin set accented by a 3D-printed snake

Loren Elizabeth, a Georgia-based fashion designer with nearly 6,000 followers on TikTok, has chronicled the making of several custom Eras tour outfits, with the most highly-viewed being a matching black sequin jacket and bodysuit.

In the video, Elizabeth takes a 3D-printed snake and affixes it to the jacket, similar to the one Swift wore during her 2018 "Reputation" tour. 

Viewers were in absolute awe. "This is going to be the best dressed tour for sure," a top commenter wrote.

2. A floral dress with hand-glued rhinestones 

In a video with 1.2 million views, the creator @Maego0n took to the floor to begin cutting floral fabric for a design that was inspired by the Oscar de la Renta dress Swift wore to the 2021 Grammy Awards. The creator's cat, Betty, made an adorable appearance during the construction ("Betty" is also the name of a popular Swift song).

@Maego0n showed herself dying the dress's fabric to give it a slightly aged look. Then, the creator started affixing rhinestones to each flower on the dress using a tweezer and glue. @Maego0n hasn't posted a completed version of the dress just yet, which is apparently still in the works. 

"This is my MET gala and Super Bowl COMBINED," the creator told a fan in the comments.

3. Lots of bejeweled denim

The TikToker @ericjordanz presented a homemade Eras Tour getup after "a month of gluing and ironing" and 87 yards worth of rhinestone spool, he said.

In the video, shared in late February and with 22,000 views, the creator glued fringe to the back of a black denim jacket, string by string. The creator also affixed several rhinestone stars that he said he purchased on Amazon. 

"Gonna live out my bejeweled cowboy dream," Martinez wrote in the comments, a nod to one of Swift's recent singles, "Bejeweled."

Another Swiftie, @oofelyk, who said they were headed to the Las Vegas show, also created a bejeweled jean jacket. Their video of the creation garnered 302,000 views. The creator hand-glued rhinestones that spelled the words "Fuck the Patriarchy" on the back of the jacket, which is a line from the song "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)."

It was apparently a long process. "Contemplating my life choices," Martinez quipped partway through the video.

4. A tulle skirt accented with Starbucks cups

The TikToker @targetgirlinwalmartworld said they were inspired by a popular misinterpretation of a "Blank Space" lyric, in which many listeners thought they heard the words "lonely Starbucks lovers" instead of the actual lyrics, "long list of ex-lovers."

The creator cut several Starbucks cups in half and then affixed them to a green tulle skirt. On top, the creator made a T-shirt with the Starbucks logo in gold surrounded by the words "Lonely Starbucks Lovers."

@targetgirlinwalmartworld shared that they will attend the tour debut on Friday in Glendale, Arizona, which the mayor has temporarily renamed "Swift City" to celebrate the kickoff.