When Lotte Lutjes goes to see Taylor Swift play in Manchester, England, this weekend, fans may be confused.
Not only does Lutjes look like the singer with her fluffy blond mane and blunt bangs — but she’ll be dressed like her, too.
The Netherlands-based superfan has recreated two of Tay-Tay’s famous stage outfits to wear for the occasion: the majorette costume from Swift’s 2009 “Fearless” tour and the black spangled leotard she wore for the “Reputation” studio tour.
Lutjes took to Twitter to share step-by-step photos of her process, which ended up going viral.
It’s not the first time the 20-year-old Lutjes (@teatimetay13) has designed an outfit inspired by the singer. She tells The Post that Taylor inspired her to learn to sew way back in 2013.
“[I] wanted to go to the ‘Red’ tour and wear an outfit she wore onstage, and that’s when it started,” she says. Her grandmother initially helped her with some of the basic techniques, but Lutjes says that she’s still largely self-taught: “I experiment a lot and hope it works out!”
Lotte LutjesLutjes starts by sketching a design — sometimes based on similar garments’ blueprints, sometimes from scratch. Once she cuts a pattern and puts the pieces all together, she moves onto detail work, such as hand-stitching sequins or applying rhinestones.
Remaking Swift’s one-shoulder leotard took about seven hours, but Lutjes labored over Swift’s “Fearless” marching-band ensemble for a whopping 30 hours. “I think it’s the most complicated one I’ve done so far,” she says. The trickiest part was making the outfit a tear-away like Tay-Tay’s original. (Lutjes plans on stripping it off to reveal the black leotard underneath.)
Though Lutjes met Swift in 2016, the pop star has yet to see any of her outfits. Lutjes, who has to use a wheelchair for long distances because of a disability, says that she hopes that changes soon so she can tell Swift just how much she has changed her life.
“Because Taylor got me into fashion . . . I’ve gained a lot of confidence in my body and in myself,” says the budding designer, who is now in fashion school in the Netherlands. “My body may fail me in some activities, but I can still make pretty things & make a career out of it, hopefully!”







