Taylor Swift Chooses Not to Have Bridesmaids as She Marries Travis Kelce

Though many of Swift's longtime friends were speculated to join Swift's bridal party, the couple opted to keep things whittled down to just their siblings

Taylor Swift attends the "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" Concert Movie World Premiere at AMC The Grove 14 on October 11, 2023
Taylor Swift in Los Angeles in October 2023. Credit :

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NEED TO KNOW

  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tied the knot on July 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City
  • Instead of a bridal party, Taylor's brother Austin Swift was her man of honor, while Travis's brother Jason Kelce was his best man
  • The couple were wed by actor Adam Sandler

Taylor Swift had just one man of honor by her side on her big day.

On Friday, July 3, the "Fate of Ophelia" singer, 36, tied the knot with her boyfriend of three years, Travis Kelce, in a quintessentially New York wedding at Madison Square Garden. As she walked down the aisle, Swift had the support of brother Austin Swift, who served as her man of honor.

Travis' brother Jason Kelce, 38, served as his best man during the ceremony, which was officiated by none other than actor Adam Sandler, 59, according to a rep for Swift. The two opted to go without a traditional bridal party and had no bridesmaids or groomsmen.

Taylor Swift and Austin Swift attend the 2013 CMT Music awards on June 5, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Taylor Swift and Austin Swift in Nashville in June 2013.

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The bride and groom wore Christian Dior Haute Couture, designed by Jonathan Anderson who is the creative director of Dior Women’s, Men’s and Haute Couture Collections. Swift wore custom Cartier jewelry, and both wore shoes designed by Christian Louboutin, a press release said.

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Before her own wedding, Swift has served as a bridesmaid in several weddings for her close friends. She was in Lena Dunham's wedding to her husband Luis Felber, her childhood friend Abigail Anderson's wedding to her first husband Matt Lucier, and hometown friend Britany Maack's wedding.

The pair began dating in 2023 after the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, also 36, tried to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it at one of her Eras Tour concerts. He was unsuccessful, but later publicly declared he wanted to date the "So High School" singer on an episode of his podcast New Heights.

In September 2023, Swift was photographed at a Kansas City Chiefs game, cheering for Kelce. A source told PEOPLE that the two were "hanging out," adding that they were in the "super, super early days" of getting to know one another.

Since then, the two have both spoken publicly about their relationship and been seen supporting each other at football games and concerts.

While appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Dec. 10, 2025, Swift called Kelce "the love of my life."

As the singer and Colbert discussed recent big moments in her life, Swift said, "getting engaged to the love of my life, getting all my music back. Those were two things that just might never have happened. They could have just never happened. It wasn’t like, 'Oh, it's just a matter of time.' ”

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift engaged
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce

In 2025, Swift and Kelce announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post on Aug. 26. The couple shared photos of Kelce getting down on one knee in an outdoor, floral-filled proposal.

"Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨," they captioned the joint post.

During her appearance on Heart Radio on Oct. 3, 2025, Swift said that she "never thought about" wedding planning until she met 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.

Ahead of the couple's nuptials, the pair celebrated with friends at his and hers pre-wedding celebrations.

While Kelce's rumored bachelor party celebration had stops at The Bird Streets Club, a Chris Lake concert, Barney's Beanery, a NASCAR race at Naval Base Coronado, and a golf simulator, Swift reportedly spent a girls' weekend in Rhode Island where her longtime friend Abigail Anderson and several other friends were spotted at Swift's Watch Hill mansion, per TMZ.,

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