When it comes to runway beauty, we’ve covered the hottest hair trends and best makeup looks for Fall 2017 (undone updos and graphic eyes, respectively), but what we’re really excited about are the newest nail trends. The natural nail has been a runway fixture for many seasons now, but the fall shows gave those of us who cannot do without a lick of polish plenty of beautiful options. There were also some enviable nail art looks. And the big bonus is that you don’t have to spend hours trying to recreate our favorite manicures. Most of the nail trends are simple enough that even newbies can successfully pull them off. How many Instagram nail art looks can you say that about?
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The Best Nail Trends From the Fall 2017 Shows
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Tip Top
Tanya Taylor's burgundy tips are the perfect switch up for people looking to refresh their usual French manicure. The neutral base coat is still a nod to the classic look.
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Tip Top
Francesca Liberatore tweaked the French manicure by opting for a matte pale pink base with an opaque finish. Oxblood tips and a long, rounded shape gave the nails a bit more edge.
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Tip Top
Jenny Packham is a master at updating classic looks when it comes to clothes and the theme carried over to the nail art at the latest show. In lieu of the traditional pink and white French manicure, tips were painted with diagonal slashes of plum and dove gray.
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Tip Top
The natural line of where a French manicure would be was lowered considerably at Prabal Gurung to almost mid-nail. Furthermore, the usual white nail polish was swapped for dove gray.
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Modest Metals
Talk about short and sweet. Models at the Michael Costello show wore a shimmering champagne pink shade on short, slightly rounded nails.
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Modest Metals
You knew rose gold was going to be featured somewhere during fashion month. At Carmen Marc Valvo, nails were enhanced with a coat of trendy golden pink nail polish.
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Modest Metals
It's not just about gold and silver. Oscar de la Renta showed how lovely a slick of oyster nail polish can be on rounded, trimmed nails.
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Modest Metals
The nail look at Tadashi Shoji demonstrated that a metallic putty nail polish is as good as bronze or copper. The glittery tips helped seal the deal.
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Exclamation Point
What may look like just the lighting is actually a clever nail art look. At Monse, digits were painted inky black. A metallic silver polish was added to the pinkie finger and part of the index fingernail as the finishing touch.
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Exclamation Point
Zadig & Voltaire made accent nails the focus with two blue nails paired with eight natural ones. Then the brand threw everyone a curveball by applying black tape along the bottom edge of pinkies.
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Exclamation Point
Forget 10 painted nails. Tibi created a manicure with only a few painted digits. Each model had two fingers polished with cotton candy pink and this eye-catching red.
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Wham! Bam!
Miss Pop and CND were the brains behind the enviable long red talons at Jeremy Scott. Some models sported plain glossy red nails, while others got the star treatment (literally) with this bold gold design.
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Wham! Bam!
This isn't your average checkerboard nail art. House of Holland went for it with teeny-tiny black and silver squares applied to the nails to add even more texture.
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Wham! Bam!
Emilio Pucci didn't shy away from color when it came to makeup, clothes or manicures. Fingernails were painted with a variety of fun colors and designs, including this statement black and green zebra pattern.
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Little Extra Something
At first glance, it looks like the nails at the Lela Rose show were simply painted a deep shade of blue. Upon closer inspection, you realize that Holly Falcone, the lead manicurist for Zoya, painted little gray dots on digits.
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Little Extra Something
A sheer opal base plus a strip of silver down each nail equals the minimal-meets-futuristic manicure from the Delpozo show.
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Little Extra Something
Cushnie et Ochs took the classic ivory manicure and added some edge to it with a delicate silver band. You can easily recreate the look yourself with some metallic nail tape.
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Little Extra Something
Lead manicurist for Zoya Holly Falcone played up the gypsy grunge feel at the Nicole Miller show by applying a black nail polish to short, round nails. Little white symbols inspired by the collection were then added to random nails.
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Fancy Finish
The manicures at Desigual show that sometimes it's OK to be a bit messy with your mani. Black and deep gray painterly swatches were applied to a neutral base.
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Fancy Finish
Look beyond Lanyu's bold eyebrows and admire the soft textural effect created by haphazardly applying pale yellow nail polish to the nails.
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Fancy Finish
The manicure at the Christian Siriano show gave us tweed vibes thanks to the way patches of soft purple and gold nail polish were painted on the glossy burgundy base.
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Fancy Finish
Bibhu Mohapatra concentrated the texture on specific spots of the nail to create a cool pattern. Nails were painted an opaque white shade, then messy hashtag-like symbols were added using black polish.
