These Are the Most Extravagant Nail Art Trends at Spring 2020 Fashion Week So Far

Pearls continue to be a big nail art trend, and after seeing the design at Adeam, led by Mei Kawajiri, we're convinced that these minimalist accessories are the perfect way to jazz up any simple manicure.

Tom Ford led the way with the most standout nail art this season with so many unusual sets, we could barely keep up. One of our favourites has to be "cameo" nails; the tiny pieces of art featured a different shade of nail polish for each base, a white 3D cameo design in the Wedgewood style, and a gold chain along each cuticle.

The classic French manicure was reinvented many ways this season. At Bibhu Mohapatra's Spring 2020 show, Naomi Yasuda led the team to create a metallic French manicure. Each finger featured a different metallic shade and had an accent of silver jeweled chain running vertically and extending past the tip, for a beyond the nail effect.

The nails at Area Spring 2020 proved that you don't need to choose between crystals and florals. Yasuda glued small white crystals onto the nail to create the petals, followed by a larger, brightly colored crystal to form the centre of the flower. These maximalist nails complemented the face jewelry from Preciosa Components that adorned each model for an extravagant impact.

Another stiletto shape, this time with graphic art on each finger. Green, navy, pink, white, and black shaded polishes were used to create a multicolored architectural design to complement the Section 8 Spring 2020 collection.

Finger jewelry doesn't have to just include rings, according to New York Fashion Week. The manicures at Tibi, by Jin Soon Choi, featured hand sculptured wire glued to the nail, which gave the effect of mini pieces of artwork — perhaps taking inspiration from Park Eunkyung of Unistella.

Another reinvented French manicure was seen at the Khaite show in New York. Nail artist Betina Goldstein kept it simple but no less beautiful with a clear base coat and a very thin white line across the tips of the nails. A minimalist, modern take on the classic French manicure; a design that we'll definitely be trying out at home.

More teeny jewels, this time in London at Paula Knorr. Bluesky was used to create the clear acrylic base, and on top of which, tiny gold jewels were added to form flower patterns.

Mark Fast's Spring 2020 show in London featured simple neon nails, but they were in no way less effective than the more complex designs this season. Michaela Johnson, lead artist, used a yellow shade from The Gel Bottle polish as the standout color, painted onto the models' natural nails, mirroring the shade throughout the vibrant the collection.

Soft and stylish stiletto nails were on display at Tom Ford's show. Kaia Gerber wore neutral pink-toned Tom Ford nail polish on long almond-shaped stiletto nails; definitely one of the more wearable designs at the show this season.

Kawajiri continued to create nail art magic at Tom Ford. Taking inspiration from fabrics, she mimicked red, black, and navy hues using intricately painted lines, crossing one another to form a tweed style design.

The next fabric inspiration was "sweater," which Kawajiri painstakingly painted by hand to create the soft, knitted effect. "Pig and man in the farm sweater nails" is perhaps the sweetest design of the season so far.

The final fabric that inspired a set of nail art at Tom Ford's show was lace. This feminine design featured real lavender-hued lace, stuck onto each nail, topped with a few silver jewels.

Forget about matching your manicure to your outfit, Roland Mouret thinks you should match it to your jewelry instead. Nail artist Marian Newman created 3 manicures, each designed to correspond with a piece of jewelry from the new collection. Each manicure was breathtakingly detailed and inspired by a piece of jewelry, proving that nails make a perfect tiny canvas for artwork.

Stilettos were back in action during the Halpern show, but this time in reverse. the look was inspired by a "Modern take of the '70s reverse French Manicure," Jan Arnold, co-founder and style director of CND said. To achieve this look, a clear false nail was applied to the natural nail, followed by a carefully painted coat of chrome color toward the cuticle, in a reverse French manicure style. Simple, effective, and oh-so elegant.

"Each one was on a clear tip so there was a lightness and airiness. There was glitter there was shimmer, crystal, and dangles," Marian Newman says. There were approximately 15 designs, and each was totally over-the-top — or as Newman described it — "unapologetic" as the next.