"There is a huge obsession with Taylor Swift and we see it in the orders coming in," said Beji, of Clove Bakery. "We've had a lot of orders for custom layer cakes, cupcakes, cookies featuring her.
We've had requests for Taylor Swift on a stage with a microphone in fondant, Taylor Swift riding a unicorn, Taylor Swift album covers, cakes with her face on them... The orders are very specific." Beji said her team at the bakery on Rue Greneta were getting into the spirit of things. And as the singer's Eras tour arrives in the French capital today - her first show of a three-month European trip - they are not the only ones.
Honor McWilliams, 24, a Swiftie from Glasgow who lives in Paris teaching English at the Sorbonne, can hardly contain her excitement over attending the opening concert at La Défense, the first of four long-sold-out gigs from today to Sunday. She will also attend on Saturday with her sister Grace and two friends who are flying in from Glasgow, and will be travelling to Milan for a third concert in July.
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