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Handy Work Jane and her intern Madison Stephens decked out in head-to-fingernail Balenciaga (on Jane) and Proenza Schouler (on Madison).
Photographed by Kava Gorna
Nail Artist Feury Rose
Runway to Reality The designers' prints are translated on each nail with acrylics and a fine-tipped brush.
Inspiration: Proenza Schouler
Photo: Firstview
Madison's Proenza Schouler Nails
Photo: courtesy of Jane Keltner de Valle
Inspiration: Balenciaga
Photo: Firstview
Jane's Balenciaga Nails
Photo: courtesy of Jane Keltner de Valle
Madison's Mary Katrantzou manicure
Photo: courtesy of Jane Keltner de Valle
Madison's Miu Miu manicure
Photo: courtesy of Jane Keltner de Valle
Madison's Prada manicure
Photo: courtesy of Jane Keltner de Valle
Want high fashion without the high price? Jane Keltner de Valle discovers how to bring the runway to her fingertips.
Truth be told, my least favorite thing about fashion is the five-month wait for collections to make their way from the runways into my hands—and the sticker shock once they finally cross the threshold does little to ease the pain. So last summer when my intern Madison Stephens started showing up to work in straight-off-the-catwalk Prada, Givenchy, Miu Miu, and Mary Katrantzou, I must admit, it got under my nails.
For the record, Madison is not an heiress nor a movie star. Yes, she's six foot one and gorgeous, but her pocketbook is no more blessed than that of a typical intern. Her secret? Something she's christened the "runway manicure": a couture process by which each nail is hand-painted to mimic the prints from any given designer's collection.
After tracking down crimson-haired nail artist Fleury Rose at the Tomahawk Salon in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Madison proposed the idea, and Fleury accepted. "I've had a lot of strange requests," Fleury says, citing several that are too X-rated to list here, "but I had never been asked to do an entire runway collection before."
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