Taylor Swift, 36, is the youngest Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee ever

Taylor Swift was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame last night, becoming the youngest artist in its history to receive the honor at 36. She did it in a burgundy Raisa Vanessa velvet minidress that Vogue called "almost Hocus Pocus-worthy," paired with Jimmy Choo heels and a little backcombing of the hair.

The styling was a deliberate nod to her past. Swift first shot to fame as a teenage country singer before crossing into pop with 1989 in 2014, and the backcombed volume read as a subtle wink to her Nashville roots, even as she skipped the Dolly Parton curls and bedazzled flares for something more contemporary.

The induction caps a record-breaking stretch. In September she became the most-awarded artist in MTV VMA history, and now she holds the title of youngest-ever Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee.

A return to classic Taylor

Lately Swift has leaned into an edgier wardrobe of leather jackets and slip dresses, a shift Vogue credits in part to her friendship with Dakota Johnson. But her recent red carpet appearances have swung back toward traditional territory. At the Academy Museum Gala she wore an ultra-romantic Dior gown with diamonds and Old Hollywood waves, and Nashville followed the same playbook: feminine florals, spindly heels and a liberal helping of sparkle.

The burgundy velvet minidress, with its autumnal shade and boots-and-miniskirt energy, is textbook early Taylor, the wardrobe of someone with a soft spot for pumpkin spice season.