Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce spent the first month of their marriage giving away nothing at all, no details and no photographs. That ended this week, when Kelce took a question about the wedding at an NFL press conference and actually answered it.
What he said
He called it the best night of his life and thanked everybody who turned out to celebrate with them, describing a night that was chaotic in the best sense and full of celebration, before making clear that this was roughly all anyone was getting. The offseason, in his summary, had been a good one.
Why Madison Square Garden
The venue got the longer answer. Kelce said he had always promised himself he would get to a playoff game with the Knicks crowd in full voice, and that his wife made it to the Garden during a stretch when he was stuck at training minicamp, so his own chance never came. Marrying there instead got him inside the building he had wanted to see since he was a child, a place he calls the mecca of sports venues.
He thanked the arena's owners for allowing it knowing the couple wanted the whole thing private. His verdict was that it came out perfect, and that the best part of the entire evening was the air conditioning, which he says was working hard.
What was already on the record
Until this week, the only public word about the day came through Swift's representative, who confirmed the marriage to People straight after the July 3 ceremony and released the particulars with it.
Both wedding looks were made by Christian Dior Haute Couture and designed by Jonathan Anderson, creative director of the house's women's, men's and haute couture collections, working closely with the couple. It is the first couture wedding dress Anderson has made for a celebrity of that scale. The shoes were made to order by Christian Louboutin, and Swift wore Cartier jewellery.
There were no bridesmaids and no groomsmen. Swift's brother, Austin Swift, stood as her man of honour, and Jason Kelce was his brother's best man. Adam Sandler, a friend of the couple, officiated.
The dress is still under wraps
Dior has since addressed it through a spokesperson, telling The New York Times that the dress goes public on Instagram whenever Swift decides it does, and that not one image of the design will come from the house before then.