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Puttin' on the Glitz! Taylor Swift inspires fans with her glittering outfits as interest in sequinned dresses surges during superstar singer's UK leg of worldwide Eras tour
As Taylor Swift came to the UK for four stops on her huge world tour, interest in sequinned dresses skyrocketed, with a spike in sales and a surge in online searches
Laura Suter, director of personal finance at investment firm AJ Bell, said at the time: ‘ Bank of England policymakers may be cursing Taylor Swift, as fans spending on hotel rooms and in restaurants during her Eras tour is likely to be one reason that prices rose in June, meaning that overall inflation flatlined at 2 per cent rather than fell.’ Unsurprisingly perhaps, one of the big pulls was the Euro finals in July when England narrowly lost to Spain 2-1, but fans spent £10 million on pints, a record for a Sunday. The best-selling book of the year on Amazon was Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid, which is about the shadowy handmaiden Millie Calloway who works for the rich Nina Winchester despite her criminal past.
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