Nails at New York Fashion Week: The Best 15 Manicures

Nails-wise New York Fashion Week Spring 2014 shows have been fantastic! While mostly it was simple, low-key and minimalist nail art, there was quite a bit of it!  From cult classic nail art at Ruffian to innovative manicures at Kate Spade…  let alone the nail polish collaborations with designers like Prabal Gurung and Sally Hansen.

Two-tone nails, matte finishes, sheer nudes and bright, fruity shades will be the main trends for Spring 2014. All runway nail art is quite easy to re-create and it often requires only two polishes. So we predict there will be a lot of such manicures seen in the next season.

Two-toned nails by Red Carpet Manicure at Christian Siriano

By Deborah Lippmann, the nails at Kate Spade New York

Another creation by Deborah Lippmann, sophisticated nails at Honor were embellished with a triangle of Swarovski crystals at the base

Diagonal french tips by OPI at Holmes & Young show

Flashy nails by ButterLondon at Libertine

Nails with glitter details by Butter London at ICB NYC

At PRISM, sheer nude nails with chevron details by Essie

Manicurist Michelle Saunders for Essie, at Rebecca Minkoff

Classic Ruffian nails get a makeover with a bright purple detail

Simple white nails with a thin black line by Jin Soon Choi at Tibi

At Tracy Reese, easy geometric nail art by Tracylee for Sally Hansen

At Veronica Beard, matte nails with glossy details by Essie