OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift, in a Kanye West Shirt

Taylor Swift

(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)

You know that old adage about how if you don't have anything nice to say, then you shouldn't say anything at all? Well, I'm trying to bite my tongue on this one, but it's kind of my job to bring country fans any and all lifestyle news about the artists -- whether I like that news or not. So here goes.

On the cover of the new Australian Harper's Bazaar, Taylor Swift is wearing something a little out there. It's striped, and it's under a kind of oriental rug of a wrap. But here's the ugly part. It was designed by Kanye West. Yes, that Kanye West. Of the legendary Imma-Let-You-Finish fame. He's apparently a designer now, even though you can't really get a gauge on his prices because his shirt in the cover photo is listed as "price on application." Whatever that means. I realize the incident was way back in 2009 at the MTV Music Awards when Swift was just trying to gracefully accept her award, and we all should forgive and forget. Swift probably has done that if she's wearing one of his shirts. I, on the other hand, live life more like a Garth Brooks song. I bury the hatchet but leave the handle sticking out.