Taylor Swift wore a strapless black midi dress on September 18 while joining Travis Kelce for Patrick Mahomes's 31st birthday celebration at 1587 Prime, the Kansas City steakhouse Kelce co-owns with his Chiefs teammate. Fan video captured the couple arriving hand in hand for the private party, with Swift in a fitted strapless dress featuring a pointed, swooping neckline and a form-fitted waist. She paired the look with a small black handbag, high heels and her hair worn down with her signature bangs, finishing the outfit with a nude-toned lipstick.
The dress marked Swift's second black-dress appearance at 1587 Prime in less than a week. Days earlier, she had visited the same restaurant with Kelce ahead of the Chiefs' season opener against the Denver Broncos, wearing a different black midi dress from Rails, a V-neck style with twisted straps and a poplin skirt. That contrast is part of what made the strapless follow-up stand out to fashion outlets tracking her wardrobe: two distinct black dresses, two different silhouettes, at the same Kansas City address within days of each other. No designer has been confirmed for the strapless piece worn to Mahomes's birthday.
Taylor and Travis at 1587 Prime celebrating Patrick's birthday! Taylor looking absolutely beautiful🫠🫠🫠 pic.twitter.com/p1RYAX74C6
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The strapless dress also extends a pattern that has run through Swift's public wardrobe for much of 2026. In June, she wore a strapless black dress with a thigh-high slit and floral embroidery to the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction in New York, and later that month she debuted a custom strapless little black dress from New York label Monse at Tight End University, Kelce's charity training camp in Nashville. She was also photographed in a strapless dress from Erdem's Fall 2026 collection at the Toy Story 5 premiere. Taken together, the appearances point to a real preference for the strapless silhouette this year, distinct from the corseted mini dresses and gowns that have otherwise defined much of her red-carpet rotation, including recent looks from Wiederhoeft and Givenchy.
The Kansas City outing itself was low-key by design. Mahomes hosted the birthday gathering at 1587 Prime, the restaurant he co-owns with Kelce, and Brittany Mahomes later shared glimpses of the celebration on social media, including photos of her husband enjoying the night. Swift and Kelce were seen holding hands and waving to fans as they arrived but otherwise kept a low profile during the event, consistent with the more private approach the couple has taken to public appearances since marrying at Madison Square Garden on July 3.
For Swift, the strapless midi dress reads as an easy, going-out version of a shape she has already worn on red carpets and at more formal engagements this year. Stripped of embellishment and paired with minimal accessories, it functioned as a straightforward date-night piece rather than a fashion statement built for cameras, which fits the private nature of the occasion. Still, the appearance adds another entry to a wardrobe pattern that stylists and fashion press have been tracking since early summer, and it reinforces the strapless black dress as one of the more consistent throughlines in Swift's 2026 style choices, whether on a red carpet or heading into a steakhouse for a friend's birthday.
