Animal print, pearls & 3 other nail trends at New York Fashion Week AW25
Fashion month is well underway, and kicked off with New York Fashion Week. Offering an insight into clothing styles set to dominate the autumn/winter 2025 season, the event also showcased stunning nail styles – and we spotted five trends to note… Animal print According to the New York runways, animal…
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Paris Fashion Week SS25: The 5 nail trends to note
Paris Fashion Week SS25 welcomed an impressive range of designers and stylists, who brought creative visions to life on the runways. From set design, clothes, hair and make-up, right down to models’ fingertips, each creative element was carefully curated to fit the inspiration behind each collection. Here are 5 standout…
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5 nail trends spotted at London Fashion Week SS25
London Fashion Week (LFW) marked its 40th anniversary this month, with a digital-physical hybrid schedule of designers. As well as showcasing clothing styles set to dominate the spring/summer 2025 season, five key nail trends caught our eyes… 1. Sparkling embellishments According to LFW, we’ll be dazzling our way through the…
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Nailing Fashion Week: The course made by a nail expert, featuring tips and advice on working the runway
Session manicurist & celebrity nail stylist, Nickie Rhodes-Hill, has launched Nailing Fashion Week, a course focused on ‘everything a nail tech needs to know about working at Fashion Week’. The course is ideal for nail pros who want to experience the action of Fashion Week, but don’t know how to…
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Q&A with session nail stylist, Sylvie Macmillan
London-based session tech, Sylvie Macmillan, shares an insight into her career, British Beauty Council role, passions and dreams… Tell us about your journey into the nail industry… I’ve always loved creating intricate work, and undertook a Technical Arts & Special Effects qualification, primarily focusing on model making. I worked in…
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Diary of a session nail tech: London Fashion Week AW24
Session nail stylist, salon owner & educator, Marie-Louise Coster, reveals what happened behind the scenes when she led nail looks for the Edward Crutchley autumn/winter 2024 London Fashion Week show… Fashion season is a great time of year. Even if you aren’t working at Fashion Week, it provides a lot of inspiration which…
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Diary of a session nail tech: London Fashion Week SS24
For her second monthly column for Scratch, session nail stylist, salon owner & educator, Marie-Louise Coster, reveals what happened behind the scenes when she led nail looks for the Edward Crutchley spring/summer 2024 London Fashion Week show… It never ceases to amaze me that the five-minute show the world sees…
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Tech Talk: Meet Fashion Week nail stylist, Ella Vivii
The story behind Ella Vivii’s introduction to the nail industry is a heart-warming one. Her mum, Charlotte Burgess, owns a nail and beauty salon, educates and is a session stylist, so Ella grew up around nails. “But I was always more interested in fashion and studied Styling & Production at the…
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Want your nail work on the runway? Here’s how to boss backstage at Fashion Week
Get your spring/summer 2024 mindset ready, as September marks the return of Fashion Weeks across the globe. If you’re striving to get involved in the session nail sphere, highly regarded regulars at Fashion Week share everything you need to know… How to get hired At Fashion Week, you’re not likely…
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London Fashion Week day 4 & 5: Nails to note
London Fashion Week concluded its showcase of autumn/winter styling yesterday, with an array of not only spectacular fashion choices but also nail looks. Here, Scratch takes a look at the nail styles not to miss from the last two days of Fashion Week. For the Emilia Wickstead showcase, it was…
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London Fashion Week: Backstage with the nail team for Edward Crutchley
Outside of the Bargehouse, a four storey industrial warehouse space next to the Thames, Storm Eunice is battering London. With a red weather warning and everyone advised to stay inside, the streets are empty, helping to provide an eery but fitting atmosphere for British designer, Edward Crutchley‘s autumn/winter 2022 show…
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London Fashion Week day 1-3: Nails to note
Despite England being hit by two storms and severe disruptions since Friday, one place that has remained as dynamic as ever is the capital, celebrating bold and escapist style and nail looks with London Fashion Week. Here, Scratch takes a look at the nail styles not to miss from the…
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New York Fashion Week: Top runway nail looks
New York Fashion Week kicked off on 11 February, bringing with it an array of standout and glamorous fashion, makeup, hair and of course, nail looks. We’ve rounded up some of the best (and boldest) manicures from the autumn/winter 2022 runway below. @byjuanalvear Self-titled nail sculptor, Juan Alvear, served up…
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“Goodbye for now…”
Hello Scratch readers – Kat here! It’s with very mixed emotions that I write that today marks my last day at Scratch magazine. While I am excited for a new adventure, the decision to move on was not easy after nearly six happy years on the team. When I first…
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Industry flame: talking to Pattie Yankee after 32 years in nails. Brands, peers, nails & the years
Pattie Yankee AGE: 59 years Location: New York City Years in Nails: 32 years – joined in 1988 Trained with: Nail Tek, CND, EzFlow, Dashing Diva Why did you move into nail grooming? I had taught dancing for 15 years and in the middle of my dance career, a…
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