New York Fashion Week backstage beauty: 57 pictures of the best manicures and nail art from the Spring 2014 shows
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The nails at New York Fashion Week were right in tune with the ’90s minimalism style we saw on the Spring 2014 runways. Sheer is in, colour is out and the nail art trend seems to be winding down. The bare and buffed nails of last spring are still going strong for 2014, with designers like Altuzarra, Alexander Wang and Jeremy Laing opting for pale shades of pink, lavender or beige instead of punchy pastels and neon brights.
Also sticking around is the French manicure. The popular look made its mark during Spring 2013 and continues to be a favourite. While Joie went for the traditional white French tip, Kate Spade played it off with exaggerated almond-shaped white nails, featuring red and grey French tips. And Holmes & Yang kept it cool with a half-swipe of navy-blue at the end of short and otherwise bare nails.
Moon manicures are making a comeback for Spring 2014, with Lela Rose and Milly both using painted moons as the perfect pop of colour against a neutral nail canvas. And for those who like to be a little bit more adventurous with their manicures—there’s still plenty of nail art to keep you inspired. From Band of Outsiders’ whiteout nails to Rebecca Minkoff’s cute punk-inspired nail art, read on for a look at the best nail looks from the New York Fashion Week Spring 2014 shows.
![Band of Outsiders Spring 2014 nails Band of Outsiders Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Band-of-Outsiders-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Nellie Partow Spring 2014 nails Nellie Partow Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Nellie-Partow-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Nanette Lepore Spring 2014 nails Nanette Lepore Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Nanette-Lepore-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Alexander Wang Spring 2014 nails Alexander Wang Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Alexander-Wang-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Badgley Mischka Spring 2014 nails Badgley Mischka Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Badgley-Mischka-Spring-2014-nails-02-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Deborah Lippmann
![Badgley Mischka Spring 2014 nails Badgley Mischka Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Badgley-Mischka-Spring-2014-nails-01-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Deborah Lippmann
![Jeremy Laing Spring 2014 nails Jeremy Laing Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Jeremy-Laing-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of OPI
![Houghton Spring 2014 nails Houghton Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Houghton-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of OPI
![BCBG Spring 2014 nails BCBG Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BCBG-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of OPI
![Karen Walker Spring 2014 nails Karen Walker Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Karen-Walker-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Monique Lhuillier Spring 2014 nails Monique Lhuillier Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Monique-Lhuillier-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Candela Spring 2014 nails Candela Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Candela-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of OPI
![Altuzarra Spring 2014 nails Altuzarra Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Altuzarra-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2014 nails Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Diane-Von-Furstenberg-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![DKNY Spring 2014 nails DKNY Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DKNY-Spring-2014-nails-01-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![DKNY Rita Ora Spring 2014 nails DKNY Rita Ora Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DKNY-Rita-Ora-Spring-2014-nails.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Donna Karan Spring 2014 nails Donna Karan Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Donna-Karan-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![VPL NYC Spring 2014 nails VPL NYC Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/VPL-NYC-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Deborah Lippmann
![Edun Spring 2014 nails Edun Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Edun-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Deborah Lippmann
![Helmut Lang Spring 2014 nails Helmut Lang Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Helmut-Lang-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Tadashi Shoji Spring 2014 nails Tadashi Shoji Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Tadashi-Shoji-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Louise Goldin Spring 2014 nails Louise Goldin Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Louise-Goldin-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Rachel Zoe Spring 2014 nails Rachel Zoe Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Rachel-Zoe-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Maybelline
![Theyskens Theory Spring 2014 nails Theyskens Theory Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Theyskens-Theory-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Joie Spring 2014 nails Joie Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Joie-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of OPI
![Holmes and Yang Spring 2014 nails Holmes and Yang Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Holmes-and-Yang-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of OPI
![Kate Spade Spring 2014 nails Kate Spade Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Kate-Spade-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Deborah Lippmann
![Wes Gordon Spring 2014 nails Wes Gordon Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Wes-Gordon-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Zero Maria Cornejo Spring 2014 nails Zero Maria Cornejo Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Zero-Maria-Cornejo-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Deborah Lippmann
![Prism Spring 2014 nails Prism Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Prism-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Lela Rose Spring 2014 nails Lela Rose Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Lela-Rose-Spring-2014-nails-01-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Milly Spring 2014 nails Milly Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Milly-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Jenni Kayne Spring 2014 nails Jenni Kayne Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Jenni-Kayne-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of OPI
![Jill Stuart Spring 2014 nails Jill Stuart Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Jill-Stuart-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Costello Tagliapietra Spring 2014 nails Costello Tagliapietra Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Costello-Tagliapietra-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Lela Rose Spring 2014 nails Lela Rose Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Lela-Rose-Spring-2014-nails-02-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Joanna Mastroianni Spring 2014 nails Joanna Mastroianni Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Joanna-Mastroianni-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of OPI
![Naeem Kahn Spring 2014 nails Naeem Kahn Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Naeem-Kahn-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Suno Spring 2014 nails Suno Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Suno-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Maybelline
![Jenny Packham Spring 2014 nails Jenny Packham Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Jenny-Packham-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Honor NYC Spring 2014 nails Honor NYC Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Honor-NYC-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Deborah Lippmann
![ICB NYC Spring 2014 nails ICB NYC Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ICB-NYC-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Cynthia Rowley Spring 2014 nails Cynthia Rowley Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Cynthia-Rowley-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Nicole Miller Spring 2014 nails Nicole Miller Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Nicole-Miller-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2014 nails Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Rebecca-Minkoff-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Essie
![Libertine Spring 2014 nails Libertine Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Libertine-Spring-2014-nails-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of Butter London
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-01-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-02-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-03-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-04-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-05-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-06-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-07-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-08-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-09-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-10-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
![The Blonds Spring 2014 nails The Blonds Spring 2014 nails](https://fashionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Blonds-Spring-2014-nails-11-480x0-c-default.jpg)
Photography courtesy of CND
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Band of Outsiders Spring 2014 nails
Band of Outsiders Spring 2014
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Nellie Partow Spring 2014 nails
Nellie Partow Spring 2014
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Nanette Lepore Spring 2014 nails
Nanette Lepore Spring 2014
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Alexander Wang Spring 2014 nails
Alexander Wang Spring 2014
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Badgley Mischka Spring 2014 nails
Badgley Mischka Spring 2014
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Badgley Mischka Spring 2014 nails
Badgley Mischka Spring 2014
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Jeremy Laing Spring 2014 nails
Jeremy Laing Spring 2014
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Houghton Spring 2014 nails
Houghton Spring 2014
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BCBG Spring 2014 nails
BCBG Spring 2014
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Karen Walker Spring 2014 nails
Karen Walker Spring 2014
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Monique Lhuillier Spring 2014 nails
Monique Lhuillier Spring 2014
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Candela Spring 2014 nails
Candela Spring 2014
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Altuzarra Spring 2014 nails
Altuzarra Spring 2014
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Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2014 nails
Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2014
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DKNY Spring 2014 nails
DKNY Spring 2014
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DKNY Rita Ora Spring 2014 nails
DKNY Spring 2014 for Rita Ora
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Donna Karan Spring 2014 nails
Donna Karan Spring 2014
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VPL NYC Spring 2014 nails
VPL NYC Spring 2014
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Edun Spring 2014 nails
Edun Spring 2014
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Helmut Lang Spring 2014 nails
Helmut Lang Spring 2014
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Tadashi Shoji Spring 2014 nails
Tadashi Shoji Spring 2014
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Louise Goldin Spring 2014 nails
Louise Goldin Spring 2014
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Rachel Zoe Spring 2014 nails
Rachel Zoe Spring 2014
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Theyskens Theory Spring 2014 nails
Theyskens Theory Spring 2014
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Joie Spring 2014 nails
Joie Spring 2014
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Holmes and Yang Spring 2014 nails
Holmes & Yang Spring 2014
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Kate Spade Spring 2014 nails
Kate Spade Spring 2014
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Wes Gordon Spring 2014 nails
Wes Gordon Spring 2014
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Zero Maria Cornejo Spring 2014 nails
Zero + Maria Cornejo Spring 2014
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Prism Spring 2014 nails
Prism Spring 2014
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Lela Rose Spring 2014 nails
Lela Rose Spring 2014
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Milly Spring 2014 nails
Milly Spring 2014
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Jenni Kayne Spring 2014 nails
Jenni Kayne Spring 2014
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Jill Stuart Spring 2014 nails
Jill Stuart Spring 2014
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Costello Tagliapietra Spring 2014 nails
Costello Tagliapietra Spring 2014
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Lela Rose Spring 2014 nails
Lela Rose Spring 2014
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Joanna Mastroianni Spring 2014 nails
Joanna Mastroianni Spring 2014
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Naeem Kahn Spring 2014 nails
Naeem Khan Spring 2014
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Suno Spring 2014 nails
Suno Spring 2014
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Jenny Packham Spring 2014 nails
Jenny Packham Spring 2014
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Honor NYC Spring 2014 nails
Honor NYC Spring 2014
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ICB NYC Spring 2014 nails
ICB NYC Spring 2014
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Cynthia Rowley Spring 2014 nails
Cynthia Rowley Spring 2014
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Nicole Miller Spring 2014 nails
Nicole Miller Spring 2014
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Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2014 nails
Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2014
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Libertine Spring 2014 nails
Libertine Spring 2014
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The Blonds Spring 2014 nails
The Blonds Spring 2014
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The Blonds Spring 2014 nails
The Blonds Spring 2014
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The Blonds Spring 2014 nails
The Blonds Spring 2014
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The Blonds Spring 2014
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The Blonds Spring 2014
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The Blonds Spring 2014
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