Nail art is all about playfulness and exuberance, adding a little extra flair to the standard solid colour block to create something fun you can enjoy all day long. That is why the release of our September Style Issue this year seemed like the perfect time to rekindle our nail art collaboration with Paintbox NYC.
This month’s Style Issue is all about unabashed decadence and high-octane glamour, about roaring back into life post-lockdowns with a party-ready uniform that suits the occasion. Glitter, feathers, punchy colour palettes, and bold geometries are all on show within the issue’s pages, and Paintbox’s nail designs demonstrate a complementary exuberance while still being straight-forward enough to recreate at home.
Discover the nail designs below and download a free copy of the September issue to see the rest of this season's most spectacular looks.
A cut above
Our look at six young fashion labels has inspired equally edgy geometric black nail designs.
Hood, price on request; dress, arm warmers, all by Maximilian. Fashion by Brillant Nyansago.
Cosmic girl
Our galactically inspired womenswear story is complemented by glitzy nails that are out of this world.
Jacket by Bottega Veneta. Gloves by Ines. Fashion by Jason Hughes.
Jacket and dress by Dolce & Gabbana. Shoes by Gucci. Fashion by Jason Hughes.
Dream team
Kim Jones transformed Peter Doig’s dreamlike canvases into clothes with his A/W 2021 collection, and Paintbox has transformed the results into nails with these impressionistic designs.
Jacket; shirt; trousers; boots all by Dior. Fashion by Jason Hughes.
Bright young things
Jacket; shirt; trousers; gilet (in hand); shoes, all by Gucci. Fashion by Jason Hughes.
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Once overrun with florals, this old Hudson farmhouse is now a sprawling live-work artist’s retreatBuilt in the 1700s, this Hudson home has been updated into a vast creative compound for a creative, yet still exudes the ‘unbuttoned’ warmth of its first life as a flower farm
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How VCUarts Qatar is weaving local roots into global creative conversationsThrough the university's arts, design, and humanities programmes, dean Amir Berbić is spearheading a unique blend of heritage and future-forward thinking for students to create a design language that captures Qatar’s continually shifting cultural landscape
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Vincent van Duysen reimagines Lisbon dining at Jncquoi FishA minimalist yet richly textural world sets the tone at a buzzy new Lisbon restaurant, where Portuguese craft, Atlantic produce and fine-tuned gastronomy meet
