Nail Art Gallery Magazine

OCT 2014

Nail Art Gallery Magazine is a new digital-only bi-monthly publication for anyone who loves nail art.

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6 When I think of Halloween, I don't typically think fashion. Fresh off a week in New York to experience my first Fashion Week, I can testify that anything goes at Lincoln Center. Likewise, the nail concepts were all equally surprising. You can see a slideshow of the nails backstage at NYFW here . One of the more unexpected sets of nails I saw were from the Libertine show. Artist Lauren Wireman created a set of skeleton nails complete with moveable ribcages and skulls working backstage at CND. As someone who usually associates skeletons with October 31 and saw nothing but bright colors on the Libertine spring/ summer 2015 runway, I was a bit confused. Upon closer inspection however, the models carried skull-shaped clutches and wore Wireman's works as accent nails. I checked some of my favorite fashion sites to see if there was mention of the nail art at the shows. A reviewer referred to "fingernails dangling with bits of yarn" at Libertine. They missed the intricate beadwork (not yarn) that had been painstakingly applied, and there was no mention of the skulls that took days to make. Since nearly every reporter I saw was wearing cool nail art backstage, I didn't understand how such an important detail could be overlooked. My takeaway from NYFW is that nails can be just as important as the clothes. Originality needn't be celebrated on one calendar date a year, nor should you devote only a week to flaunting your personal style. When it comes to nails, anything goes. So make it work for you — year-round. notes Anything Goes One of the more unexpected sets of nails I Me and nail tech/NYFW veteran Pattie Yankee. Skull nails by Lauren Wireman. Read more about them on p. 62.

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