Taylor Swift Models Over-the-Top Fashion for NYT|Taylor Swift thanks fans

Who do the fashionistas at The New York Times think we are? I mean, sure, Taylor Swift fans can scrape together the money to buy CDs, concert tickets and maybe one of those Love Love Love leather bracelets. But a $6,000 bolero from Chanel? Come on. I suppose Swift is just playing the role of a model in this photo gallery, as opposed to a country singer. But still, you'd think the editors would consider the timing of a piece like this. A terrible economy with unemployment and home foreclosures at all-time highs is hardly a good time for a $14,135 Chanel dress, an $11,630 chandelier overlay skirt or a $975 Jil Sander dress. The most affordable thing in this gallery is a Prada shirt for $560. And the most realistic thing about this piece is the Q&A with Swift that comes after the pictures.Taylor Swift is thanking her fans for her amazing year.On her MySpace blog the singer wrote: “Thank you again for everything you guys have done to make all of these magical things happen to me.”In addition to her eight Grammy nominations, Swift scored five American Music Awards, four Country Music Awards, that infamous MTV VMA and of course, a werewolf.