Maximalist manicures & 4 other nail trends that dominated London Fashion Week AW25
London Fashion Week offers the second showcase in the AW25 Fashion Week lineup. Accompanying the trendsetting and stylish garments from designers were show-stopping manicures, which are set to dominate client requests in months to come. So, get prepared and scroll to discover the key trends spotted on the LFW catwalks.…
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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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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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CND™ & Charlotte Tilbury collaborate with Harris Reed for London Fashion Week showcase
CND™ and Charlotte Tilbury collaborated with British-American designer, Harris Reed, to create bold nail designs and vibrant make-up looks for his AW24 London Fashion Week showcase. Renowned for creating gender fluid items that play with themes of masculinity and femininity, Reed describes his aesthetic as ‘Romanticism gone non-binary’, and items…
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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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Glossify sponsor David Koma show at London Fashion Week
Glossify was the proud sponsor of David Koma’s showcase at London Fashion Week 2023, which took place on 16 October. The nail brand supported the designer behind the scenes alongside leading industry names, including Charlotte Tilbury, Toni & Guy and 111SKIN. As the brand’s LFW debut, Glossify also took an…
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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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CND™ serves up runway nail looks at 16Arlington’s SS24 London Fashion Week show
Session nail tech, Sylvie Macmillan, headed to London Fashion Week to create intricate and dramatic nails for the 16Arlington SS24 show, using CND™ products. The fashion brand, 16Arlington, is known for its dramatic fashion style and with a set brief, Sylvie created nail looks to match. “Feathers are synonymous with…
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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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Fashions Finest show nails London Fashion Week with stunning neon nail art
The platform for emerging fashion designers, Fashions Finest, presented its show for London Fashion Week on Saturday 18 September at St John’s Church in Hyde Park. Known for promoting diversity, representation, and inclusion in the fashion industry, the show was true to brief – a diversity of unique and beautiful collections…
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Pantone reveals 10 trending colours for AW 20/21
Global colour authority, Pantone Color Institute, has revealed its report of the top ten standout colours for London Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter 2021/2022. The report includes 10 colours which are expected to be seen in the new season, as fashion designers introduce new collections for AW 21/22. In turn, these…
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Marian Newman nails Covid-secure fashion week shoot
This autumn’s London Fashion Week radically different to previous season owing to coronavirus restrictions, with catwalk shows streamed online and social distanced shows and photo shoots taking place. London-based designer, Michael Halpern, captured his SS21 collection on film and in portrait, with eight women from across the public service sectors…
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