The pierced nail is getting some love in London, with the above look featured at the Ashish Autumn/Winter 2012 runway. Designed by CND’s  Marian Wilson, note the muted-beige color played against neon and black charms. Images courtesy of CND.

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At British designer Gareth Pugh’s fall 2010 ready-to-wear collection, models’ nails were done up by Manicurist Marian Newman, who used CND polish to create a chevron design, which was supplemented for a handful of the girls with hanging chains! We are speechless and overcome with love!!! Can you imagine? On the inspiration for her other-worldly manicures, Newman said, “I have long been fascinated with metal chains imitating the movement and feel of fabric. To compliment the draped chains of some of the pieces in the collection, miniature versions of the chains were applied to the chevron nails as an accessory. Long, swaying, swirling chains were used on some nails, and others had a shorter ‘day version.’”

The day versions after the flip, plus nails with just the chevron and more looks from the show.

At Ruffian’s Fall 2010 runway show, models wore an eclipsed moon manicure, which, according to Style, has its style roots in the ’40s. Ruffian is by no means the first to reignite the look, but they are quickly setting the bar for hot-as-toast color combos and design twists. In this image, you can see the moon has been flipped, which CND nail stylist Roxanne Valinoti describes as an “eclipse.” In this image, the bottom layer is gold, layered on top with an opaque blue. So. Two things: it’s so perfect it makes me want to cry. And this will be my next manicure.