Inside Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n' Sweet’ Tour Looks | Vogue

- We're gonna examine the
looks for tonight's show.

- Can't wait.

- Oh my God.
- Oh, [censored].

- Hey, Vogue, it's Sabrina,

and we're here at the Short
n' Sweet Tour in Philadelphia,

which is a very special show

because it's where I was born.

It's my hometown.

So I'm gonna show you some of our looks.

Let's go.

[upbeat jazzy music]

So tonight is going to
be a very special show.

We're debuting some new
variations of things,

and, yeah, it's just
like such a special time

every time I get to play Philly.

This is Jared.

Jared just has such a
amazing understanding

of the idea I have in my head

and how to elevate it times 1,000,

and the, like structure I like on my body,

and the shapes that I love for my body,

the colors that I feel
are really complementary.

- She has such a good
idea of like who she is

in the best way
[Sabrina chuckles]

in an amazing way.

We started working on tour looks,

summer, I think, like,
July after Coachella.

- Yeah, like we have
so much time for this.

- Years, but actually, it came together.

Like I think that was a
perfect amount of time.

- Yeah, I really started to think about

like what am I gonna be
able to last in on stage?

What is going to look really great

from the people that are all the way

in, you know, the nosebleeds

to the person that's in the front row?

This was my first time
doing wardrobe changes

on tour, truthfully.

- Also, the nice thing
is that very early on,

you were like, "I want all the looks

"to be exactly the same for each act,

"but just change colors
throughout the shows."

- The way we change it up is
through colors and details

and accessories and like
little things here and there,

so that way I always know

what I'm getting into every night,

but the audience can feel

like they're seeing
something new consistently.

At the end of the day,

like I have to just be so
comfortable in the outfits,

and if I'm not, like the
performance is two outta 10,

so first comes like comfort level,

then comes like what
can we do for the girls,

and then comes like, you know,
how can we round this out

and make this feel so unique?

Maybe it's flipping order.

Maybe it's the second and then
the third is for the girls.

Like I feel like for the girls,

it's like the lyrics and
the tights and the little,

- Yeah, that's true.
- You know, the shoes,

the little Easter eggs.

- Act one, she's coming out of a bathtub.

- Naturally.
- Yes, of course.

Doesn't know that the show's happening,

is in a towel, and the vibe is like,

oh my god, I have nothing to wear.

And you open it, look amazing.

- Have something to wear.

So that the towel was a-

- The towel was a thing.

- We found an old reference
of someone doing it

with a jacket, and she
basically reveals the jacket,

and inside the jacket, it's
the same color as the dress.

So then, once we started
to create the introduction

for the show, I really
wanted to be in a towel,

but I was like, "Ah, that means

"I gotta be naked under there.

"I don't wanna be naked.

"It's a lot of work."

Then we thought about doing
strapless corseted body suit

to hide, you know,

and then the towel's
the reveal of the show.

And it makes it fun every night for people

to see what color I'm gonna come out in.

I think the towel was the only outfit

we had for a long time, yeah.

- That's not wrong.

[both laugh]

- The corseted outfits
are a little bit harder

to dance in because
there's a stiffness to it,

but my waist is
non-existent, so we love her.

- And then midway through the first song,

puts a baby doll dress on.

- [Sabrina] And I remember being
so excited when I was like,

"I'm gonna get to wear
a baby doll on stage

"'cause it feels like pajamas."

Like it's so comfortable.

So when I throw that on over the corset,

I have no insecurities, no
like thoughts about anything

'cause I'm just so comfortable
in those little dresses.

- I mean baby doll, that was like a motif

that I feel like has been here
throughout the whole album.

- Because we started with "SNL."

I think it was the first
like true baby doll.

- For a performance, yeah.
- Yeah, for a dress

that we did.

- Brigitte Bardot, such good
baby dolls in like the 60s.

She's a great reference for baby dolls

that we were looking at,
and it's kind of like,

I mean, you know better than me,

but girlies getting ready.

- It's like "Grease" in the bedroom

and all the girls are getting ready.

I think it was really
inspired by "Bye bye Birdie,"

and she's like dancing around her room.

And I think like stuff like that,

it felt very beneficial to the set.

Act one is really set

in the main kind of
living room, living space.

And so this like getting ready

for this party is kind of happening.

It's like right before sunset.

Like our main screen for the show

is a window pretty consistently.

And so you start to see the colors change

as it gets later and later.

And the whole show takes
us through one night.

It's inspired by "Playboy After Dark,"

but it's Sabrina After Dark.

Act two is obviously
like the cocktail hour,

and it's where things
are starting to heat up.

Everyone's like a little
tipsy, not too crazy,

but like, you know, the band starts

to get a little more jazzy.

Our renditions and arrangements change,

but then the next outfit
is like not corseted.

That's the one where I'm doing the bulk

I would say of like the movement

in the show is in the second act.

So having the catsuit in that act

has been really helpful for movement.

- We were looking at Marilyn Monroe wears

a good amount of catsuits.

There's one from "There's No
Business Like Show Business."

It's slack with a teal sash,

and she's in a little dancer heel.

And like-
- We tried the sash

- That didn't go well.

- Even like I was always really inspired

by like Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face"

because of how classic and minimal

and how much she's moving in that movie,

and you can really see her
movements because of the black.

And it just looked so sleek.

It was always really exciting

that it could be black and snatched.

And then you added the
gloves and little details,

and that's what's made it feel
kind of more unique to me.

My changes are just a
little under two minutes.

They're pretty fast, but
that's why I also try

to make the visuals very
meaningful in between

so that wardrobe changes
don't feel so like...

Technically within the first
look, there's two looks

'cause you have the corset
- That's true.

- Without the baby doll.

Then we put the baby doll on.

Second look, we have the feather reveal

where we have-
- There's like a feather

that's snapped onto the
catsuit that you do a twirl.

- Do a twirl and it gets
pulled off every night,

and then we rotate those feather colors.

And then in the third act,

[laughs] we really wanted
to do this skirt reveal,

but I was like there
ain't no way I can sing

more than one song in this long skirt

'cause it's so damn heavy.

- No one knows this.

They're so heavy.

- They're so heavy.
- And that one is like Abba,

I feel like, inspired.

- Mhm, we went to the Abba show,

the Abba Voyage Show in London.

There was this one fabric that
one of the girls was wearing.

It was so gorgeous and it was like liquidy

and it just moved and it was a hologram.

I was like, "I need that goddamn outfit.

"Like it's so beautiful,"
but it wasn't real.

So I was just like, "We need
to do our own version of this.:

- It's all consistent.

So act one is all done
by Victoria's Secret.

Act two is all done by Patou.

And then Act three is all
Ludovic de Saint Sernin.

- But we have like a few shows

where it feels like the teams

are a really, really
big part of that state

and like really important to them.

I just always love to
show love to those teams.

I'm really, really grateful
that for this show,

it feels like I don't have to stress

about, you know, what's
going on and off me.

I could just think about my performance

and being in the moment
and the songs I'm singing.

[upbeat music]

- This is our first girl first tonight.

You know this, but [laughs]
I'm gonna tell you again.

- Yeah, wait, let me know.

Like what am I wearing tonight?

- You're gonna be wearing this.

It's red.

[both laugh]

Super crucial information.

- Actually, it's the first time I'm seeing

the red version of this look,

and it's so beautiful.

Go Phillies.

I really hope people like know

that this is a reference
to like my hometown.

Love that the tights have
little kiss marks on them,

little bedazzled kisses.

Usually we have lyrics on
the tights right around here

and they kind of look
like a tattoo on my leg,

which is really cool,

but tonight we opted for
the kiss so it could match.

Oh yes, these are our, well, the infamous,

- You'll be wearing these.

- I will be wearing these.

And by the way, every night. [laughs]

- We actually have more.
- We do?

- Different words.

- Okay, oh, wait, what else do we have?

- We'll find out.

- Ah.

The nice thing about these
ones is these are bedazzled

and most character
shoes are not bedazzled.

This is act two.

Tonight we'll wear the white feather?

- [Jared] We're still
deciding the bow color.

We're gonna try it on.

- Could be white, could be red.

- Yeah, red feathers,
- Red?

- Could be nice.

- [laughs] Red could be nice.
- Surprise.

- [Sabrina] This we put on for

- [Both] The conversation pit.

- Mhm.
- Jinx.

- I like it because it
feels more like a sleepover.

- It does

- Act two, she goes
into a conversation pit,

and all the friends come and
it's like campfirey songs.

- Yeah, so it's just chill.

We're just chilling in our robes.

- Yeah.
- And then act three,

would you like to pick it up?

- Yeah, that's the miniskirt.

You do that one, and I'll do this one.

- So first, which is crazy,

the fact that I'm wearing
nine articles of clothing,

but we have the top, and
we have the miniskirt,

and then we put on the large
skirt over the miniskirt.

And that way,

once we pull this little contraption,

then this just comes off.
- Wow.

- And I'm seduced by
whoever is in front of me

before I sing "Juno."

- Mm.

And then the boots change color hearts.

- And sometimes they're not filled in,

and sometimes they are filled in.

- They're crazy.

- This is just the most like...

- I thought you were
gonna say uncomfortable.

- No, it's the most like gorgeous sparkle

I've ever seen in my life.

So especially when we have
it in different colors,

it's just like always so beautiful

to see it with the visuals.

- And then this is a jersey
just for the end, yeah.

Fitting. [laughs]

- No!

Yeah, it's very cute.

Might need to be shorter.

- It's going to be.
- Okay.

- It's too long.

- It's like it's pretty long.

- This goes on first.

I mean, we have to try it on, it is...

- We actually do have to try it.

- You never tried

this on before.
- I've never tried this on.

We gotta make sure it fits.

- So that's actually important.

- Okay.
- Thank you.

- I should go.

Be right back.
- Okay.

- Ope.

[chill music]

First look reveal.

Go Phillies.

Okay, let's go sing.

Mwah.

[chill music continues]