The 2026 Awards Season Was All About One Major Beauty Trend: Nostalgia

A French manicure is classic and never goes out of style. Some might say it's a callback to a simpler time for nail art, but recent fresh takes on it beg to differ. This awards season, multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor rocked a modern, elevated version of the look. A proper zoom-in on her gold-and-white swirled French manicure shows it's anything but basic. Award-winning artist Doechii went a similar route by wearing a gold micro French to the 2026 Grammy Awards. In fact, Doechii's nail artist, Rachel Sun, is known for creating incredible modern takes on classic nail looks for other artists like Chappell Roan.