We definitely batted an eye when we noticed that Taylor Swift stepped out to lunch yesterday wearing a harness -- and it seems as though we weren't the only ones perplexed by Tay's odd accessory.

The singer caused quite a scene when she stepped out with her bestie Selena Gomez at Lucques on Tuesday. Yesterday, Taylor showed off her serious stems in a pair of tiny shorts, a graphic t-shirt, a Louis Vuitton x Christian Louboutin bag and of course the very notable lederhosen/harness.

Twitter fans went crazy for the harness, commenting, joking and criticizing the fashion choice, lovingly dubbed "HarnessGate." This morning the "Bad Blood" singer took to social media to explain the sexed-up selection.

Taylor tweeted, “I think you’re ignoring a really important point here… That my harness and I are always ready for a zip line/rock climbing,” she wrote on Tumblr. “Ask yourself.. Are you ready for extreme adventure should it present itself? HARNESS LIFE 2015.”

We love that cheeky response! T-Swizz did slightly defend the people who said she was wearing the harness backwards with some funny hashtags.

“#THAT ISN’T THE SAME ONE BTW #AND IT’S NOT BACKWARDS #CHECK FREE PEOPLE DOT COM BYE.”

Backwards, forwards, whatever. The people have spoken and no one seems to be a fan of wearing a fashion harness, unless you're in Christian Grey's playroom, of course ...