Taylor Swift Steps Out in $398 Bridal White Retrofête Dress

Taylor Swift stepped out in New York City wearing a $398 bridal white Retrofête mini dress during a dinner outing with friends on Tuesday, May 12

NEED TO KNOW

• The outing comes days after Swift and fiancé Travis Kelce attended George Karlaftis’ wedding celebrations in Greece

• Swift previously said she “never thought” about her own wedding until meeting Kelce

Taylor Swift’s latest girls’ night look is giving major bridal energy.

The singer stepped out for dinner with friends at Via Carota in New York City on Tuesday, May 12, wearing a winter white mini dress from Retrofête that felt especially fitting amid her engagement toTravis Kelce.

Swift, 36, wore the brand’s$398 “Devika Knit Dress,”a shimmering white style featuring a sleek high neckline and pleated skirt. The metallic design is “designed to shine after dark” and blends “modern style with timeless appeal," per a description on Retrofête's website.

“The shimmering knit fabric adds a subtle glow, making it the perfect choice for dinner dates or chic nights out,” the description continues.

The outing comes just days after PEOPLE confirmed that Swift and her fiancé attended Kansas City Chiefs defensive endGeorge Karlaftis’ wedding festivitiesin Glyfada, Greece, over the weekend.

Karlaftis married his high school sweetheart, Kaia Harris, in a traditional Greek Orthodox ceremony followed by a three-day celebration at the luxury coastal resort One&Only Aesthesis. Former and current Chiefs teammates and coaches were among the 220 guests who attended.

Before jetting off to Greece, Swift and Kelce, 36, also enjoyed a series of outings in London on Thursday, May 7, including a theater date night to seeRomeo & Julietat the Harold Pinter Theatrestarring Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe. Sink previously collaborated with Swift onAll Too Well: The Short Film.

Swift’s bridal white fashion moment comes amid continued excitement surroundingher engagementto the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, which the couple announced in a jointInstagram post on Aug. 26.

“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨,” the pair wrote at the time, nodding to their fan-favorite “TNT” nickname.

The couple also shared acarousel of photosfrom the proposal, which took place in Kelce’s backyard, surrounded by aromantic floral arrangement.

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“They were going out to dinner and she was ready to go and he said, ‘Let’s go out in the garden on the patio and have a glass of wine before we go,’” Kelce’s father,Ed Kelce, later said on Australian radio’sThe Jimmy & Nath Show with Emma. “I think she knew something was up because as they walked out there, she could see, suddenly, there were a lot more flowers out there.”

Since announcing their engagement,sources close to the couplehave told PEOPLE that Swift and Kelce are enjoying this chapter together without rushing wedding plans.

“Right now they just want to enjoy being engaged and they are going to take their time with it,” a source told PEOPLE shortly after the news broke. “It has been a relief not having to keep it a secret anymore, and they are glad it is out in the open.”

Another insider later shared that the couple has been approaching wedding planning “as a partnership.”

“When it comes to wedding planning, nothing feels rushed or one-sided,”the source told PEOPLEin December. “They’re both equally involved and excited.”

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Though Swift has spent years writing songs about love and commitment,the Grammy winner admittedshe hadn’t actually envisioned her own wedding until meeting Kelce.

“You would think that I had been the type of person who would have obsessed over the idea of a wedding my whole life, but I actually never thought about what I would ever do or what I would want until I met the person,” Swift said during an Oct. 3 interview withEmma BuntononHeart Radioin the U.K.

When Bunton asked about Swift’s new “married life era,” the singer laughed.

“I mean, I just got engaged. These things just happened to me,” Swift said, adding that she’s “really excited” for what’s ahead.

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Price shocks from the Iran war power solar sales in energy-hungry Asia

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Soaring costs for fuel due to theIran warare leading panicked consumers inhard-hit Asiatoward rooftop solar power, a likely windfall for China as the world's largestprovider of solartechnology.

Iran Asia Solar Sales

In the Philippines, which is in anational energy emergency, a survey of 20 local solar companies found a 70% increase in weekly installations and a six-fold jump in customer inquirers since the conflict began.

“This crisis is a driving force for solar,” said Brenda Valerio of the nonprofit New Energy Nexus, which ran the survey. “People want solar and people want solar now.”

China is poised to profit from demand caused by the war. Chinese clean technology equipment exports hit a record high in March, according to energy think tank Ember, and worldwide interest in solar is increasing.

“China really is, by far, leading this race,” said Li Shuo, director of the Asia Society Policy Institute’s China Climate Hub, who called the renewable industry “a one-man show.”

Iran war drives solar sales

The Philippines, which relies heavily on Middle Eastern crude oil and liquefied natural gas, is among the most impacted Southeast Asian nations by the closure of theStrait of Hormuz.

Local airlines are weighing fuel rationing. Public transport workers are receiving cash handouts.Gas and dieselprices also have shot up. To conserve energy, government offices have shifted to a four-day work week and been told to keep air conditioning no lower than 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit).

Oil and gas spikes during the first 60 days of the Iran war cost Filipino consumers, businesses and public institutions more than $600 million, the climate nonprofit 350.org estimates.

“When we got our energy bill after the Iran war broke out, we were very shocked. It was wow. It was a significant increase,” said Jaime Quemado, who recently bought a rooftop solar system in Manila.

There also have been growing concerns about potential power outages, Quemado said, which led him to look for an alternative energy source like “solar, which is very abundant here in the Philippines.”

Customer interest in rooftop solar jumped from around 115 inquiries in February, before thestart of the Iran waron Feb. 28, to more than 450 by mid-April, according to the New Energy Nexus survey.

Solar groups must “ride this wave and take advantage of this momentum,” Valerio said.

On two blisteringly hot days in Manila, EcoSolutions installers sweated through the set up of an 18-kilowatt rooftop solar system, which included 28 panels from major Chinese manufacturer LONGi and four batteries from Suzhou-based battery group Dyness.

The war has “helped the solar industry really get its footing,” EcoSolutions president Richmond Reyes said.

Joel Remegio of the Association of Solar Installers of the Philippines said the energy crisis is a “game changer” for the nation's nascent solar industry.

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Clean technology, like rooftop solar, is quickly scalable because it is “accessible to all of us,” according to Marissa Cerezo of the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Management Bureau.

This “gives us the power to choose them,” she said.

Solar interest rises globally

Solar is being embraced across Southeast Asia.

Indonesia set an ambitious target to install 100 gigawatts of rooftop solar by 2034, a leap from its current 1.3 gigawatts. Vietnam wants to install rooftop solar on at least 10% of public offices and homes nationwide by 2030. Thailand is considering new policies to give rooftop solar users a bigger bang for their buck by increasing the amount of surplus energy the national grid can buy.

The energy crisis is incentivizing these decisions, according to Yu Sun Chin of the research group Zero Carbon Analytics.

“It totally makes sense for policymakers to take another look at rooftop solar and see ways that they can save costs,” she said.

Online marketplaces and utility companies in the U.S. and across Europe also have recorded jumps in solar sales and inquiries since the Iran war began.

“Solar is definitely one of the easiest things people can do” to cut monthly electricity bills, said Jan Rosenow, a professor of energy and climate policy at Oxford University.

The availability and affordability of rooftop solar make it the easiest clean technology solution given the higher expense for buying an electric vehicle or installing a heat pump, Rosenow said.

China supplies solar demand

Ember, the energy think tank, noted China exported 68 gigawatts worth of clean technology products in March, equivalent to Spain’s entire solar capacity and double its February output. The Iran war isaccelerating the world’s energy transition, Ember found.

Exports to Africahit 10 gigawatts, a 176% jump from February, with rapid growth in Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia. Exports to other Asian nations doubled to 39 gigawatts, including major increases to India, Malaysia and Laos.

Ramnath Iyer of the U.S.-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis said the speed of the transition depends on if world leaders “decide to go ahead with electrification and move away from fossil fuels.”

Li of the China Climate Hub said Chinese companies had an oversupply of solar panels and other equipment before the war, putting them in a prime position to capitalize on current demand.

“When it comes to the clean tech sector, China at this point in time is already so far ahead,” Li said. “The current situation in Iran will help China cement its dominance.”

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Apple Martin Looks Just Like Mom Gwyneth Paltrow in the '90s While Starring in a Dreamy New Photos

Apple Martin stars in Chloé's latest campaign shot by David Sims.

The Gist

• In the dreamy photos, the 21-year-old model looks just like a young Gwyneth Paltrow.

• Martin has previously channeled her mom on a number of occasions.

Mom, what were you like in the '90s?Apple Martinneed only look in the mirror to answer this viral TikTok question. If you were in any doubt that the 21 year old was her momGwyneth Paltrow's mini-me, her latest campaign is case and point.

Martin, daughter of Paltrow and her ex Chris Martin, stars in Chloé's new campaign for Chloé à la Plage. Lensed by David Sims, the dreamy, sun-drenched photo shoot leans into fantasies of summer. “This year, Chloé à la Plage is an ode to a surreal summer fantasy. It’s about that dreamlike state and the poetry of summer. Apple, with her radiance and timeless beauty, draws us into this feeling in the most natural way," Chemena Kamali, Creative Director of Chloé, said in a statement.

Posing in swimwear and sundresses with her long blonde hair styled in effortless textured waves, Apple wears an array of chunky gold and silver boho chic accessories and a barely-there bronzed glam. Looking at the ethereal photos, it's impossible not to see Paltrow circa the mid-'90s.

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This is hardly the first time Apple has looked almost identical to her mom. Last month, she embraced the Goop mogul'sclassic minimalist '90s style for her grad photos. In February, she posed by the pool in abikini with a Paltrow-esque '90s updo. In December,Martin rewore one of her mom's vintage '90s dressesand even channeled her mom's hair for theMarty Supremepremiere. Last October, she once againlooked just like her momfor a campaign for Self Portrait and in September, thepair twinned for a Gap campaign.

And it's not just Martin's fashion and hair that evoke a young Paltrow—apparently, the 21-year-old is also a budding "theater kid." "I love dancing and I love acting,” Apple toldVogue. “My dream is to act.”

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Millie Bobby Brown’s Plunging Micro Minidress Has a Surprise Underneath

Millie Bobby Brown is bringing playful summer fashion to her latest Florence by Mills Fashion campaign, rocking a vibrant plunging micro minidress. The actress and entrepreneur recently shared sunny photos while modeling an orange minidress from her own brand.

Millie Bobby Brown poses in plunging micro minidress with shorts underneath for her own brand

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Millie Bobby Brownposed outdoors in a fitted peachy orange dress while showing off a casual yet stylish look. The sleeveless piece featured a plunging neckline and a very short hemline, but the actress revealed there was a practical surprise underneath.

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“She’s comfy, she’s cute, she’s got shorts underneath,” Brown wrote in the caption while announcing that the Playmaker collection was now live through Florence by Mills Fashion. In one of the photos, the “Stranger Things” star posed beneath a large umbrella while giving the sporty dress a playful summer vibe. She completed the look with soft makeup, short tousled hair, and white sandals.

Fans quickly filled the comments section with compliments about the new campaign. “Stunning as always,” one fan wrote. Another added, “Obsessed,” while others called the photos “summer vibes the best.”

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