Best Manicures and Nail Art from New York Fashion Week Fall 2020 Runways
First and foremost, New York Fashion Week is all about the clothes. But the runways are also a place where beauty trends are born, too.
On top of the forecasting which hair and makeup looks are going to be in next season, the designers’ collections always deliver some serious manicures, from subtle your-nails-but-better nail polish, to over-the-top 3D nail art. And in our humble opinion, you can never have too much manicure inspiration.
Whether you’re looking for a new favorite nail polish color or nail art ideas, the manicures from the NYFW runways are the fall 2020 beauty trends you can try now.
Tadashi Shoji: Matte Green Nails
Green nail polish is currently trending, and it looks like the color will still be going strong come fall 2020. At the Tadashi Shoji show, models wore matte lime green nails filed into an almond shape.
Christian Siriano: Glitter Crescents
For Christian Siriano’s fall 2020 Harley Quinn-inspired collection, nail artist Julie Kandalec used essie polish to create a manicure that made the nails look like jewelry. For the base, Kandalec used essie’s Black Licorice, a black shade that’s as shiny as patent leather. She drew the silver glitter crescent shape halfway down the nail with essie’s Set in Stones, using the brush from the bottle. The best part? This is one fashion week beauty look that you can actually do on your own. “This manicure is totally DIY and you don’t need any special brushes to do it,” she tells InStyle.
Rag & Bone: Snake Nails
Celebrity nail artist Mei Kawajiri created six different manicures for Rag & Bone’s show including this cool snake nail art. She used OPI GelColor in Mi Casa Es Blue Casa for the royal blue base and OPI GelColor in Coral-ing Your Spirit Animal and Big Apple red to draw on the slithery snake shapes.
Rag & Bone: Mushroom Nails
These mushrooms are another quirky manicure Kawajiri designed for Rag & Bone using OPI GelColor nail polishes. On one hand she drew red and white mushroom caps, while the other hand had green leafs.
Ulla Johnson: Tangerine Squares
At Ulla Johnson, tangerine squares were added as accents to bare nails.
Rebecca Minkoff: Mismatched Nails
The mismatched nail trend is alive and well in 2020, thanks to manicures like this one from Rebecca Minkoff. Manicurist Gina Edwards used press-on nails in various orange tones, including ones from Rebecca Minkoff’s upcoming KISS Nails collection.
Susan Alexandra: Confetti Nails
Along with these whimsy confetti sprinkle nails, manicurist Holly Falcone created a handful of nail designs inspired by the designer’s colorful bags. She used ORLY nail products to do the matching nail art, which also included clouds, martinis, cherries, and daisies.
Chromat: Airbrushed Nails
Chromat’s nail art takes us back to the ’80s. Models wore neon rainbow nails and airbrushed stripes.
Laquan Smith: All-White Nails
The matte white coffin-shaped nails popped against the dark color palette of Laquan Smith’s fall collection.
Alice + Olivia: Glam Rock Nails
Manicurist Gina Edwards channeled the ’70s glam rock gods with these studded black nails. She created the bejeweled nail art with KISS imPRESS Press-on Manicure Couture Collection Nails in Lavish and KISS Salon Color Acrylic Nails. The accents came from KISS Luxe Accents Sticker in Charm Bracelet.
