The Ed.
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Nailympia, the industry's most high profile nail competition is ten years old and, to celebrate, the organisers have introduced a new category in collaboration with British fashion designer Gareth Pugh.
The category 'Runway Nails' is all about the relationship between nails and fashion and will be judged on a brief written by the designer himself. Competitors will be required to create a design onto three long square nail tips (supplied) in one-hour.
Fashion nail expert Marian Newman is excited about the new category. "I am so thrilled with this unique collaboration and the fact that Gareth is willing to provide our industry with a look inside the real world of international fashion, enthuses fashion nail icon, Marian Newman. It's now a career path for all nail technicians that choose that route and we have tried to make this category as realistic as possible. It hasn't been made easy by the fact that Nailympia London is only a few days before Gareths show in Paris for Fashion Week!
Alex Fox, Nailympia London organiser, comments: "Every year we bring a new feature to the Nailympia London arena in order to reflect the changing landscape of the nail industry and to keep the creative juices of nail artists flowing while challenging them to be imaginative and think outside of the nail box.
"It was a natural progression for us to look at adding more nail art categories and ones that also reflect a career path that has become an exciting element of this industry. Hence, Runway Nails was born for our 10th year - an exciting category where there are no rules other than interpreting a brief using any materials you wish to design the nails.
To sign up for the Runway Nails category, visit Home
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
The category 'Runway Nails' is all about the relationship between nails and fashion and will be judged on a brief written by the designer himself. Competitors will be required to create a design onto three long square nail tips (supplied) in one-hour.
Fashion nail expert Marian Newman is excited about the new category. "I am so thrilled with this unique collaboration and the fact that Gareth is willing to provide our industry with a look inside the real world of international fashion, enthuses fashion nail icon, Marian Newman. It's now a career path for all nail technicians that choose that route and we have tried to make this category as realistic as possible. It hasn't been made easy by the fact that Nailympia London is only a few days before Gareths show in Paris for Fashion Week!
Alex Fox, Nailympia London organiser, comments: "Every year we bring a new feature to the Nailympia London arena in order to reflect the changing landscape of the nail industry and to keep the creative juices of nail artists flowing while challenging them to be imaginative and think outside of the nail box.
"It was a natural progression for us to look at adding more nail art categories and ones that also reflect a career path that has become an exciting element of this industry. Hence, Runway Nails was born for our 10th year - an exciting category where there are no rules other than interpreting a brief using any materials you wish to design the nails.
To sign up for the Runway Nails category, visit Home
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
