Celebrities don’t tend to walk the red carpet without meticulous preparation. There are the hairstylists and their assistants, wielding tools, clips and tongs; working around the make-up artist (and their assistants) who, in turn, are working around the manicurists. Not to mention the styling team, additional friends and anyone else in the general vicinity. As Isabella Rossellini recently told British Vogue, “It’s pretty crazy!”
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So, when a star steps out sans the expected accoutrements (like Pamela Anderson, for example, who in recent years has sworn off make-up), it’s a refreshing change. This is exactly why Anya Taylor-Joy, Reneé Zellweger, and Nicola Peltz Beckham all eschewing nail polish has felt like such a step change this awards season.
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Seen variously attending a Tiffany & Co. event in Paris, France, on the red carpet at the Italian premiere of Mad About the Boy, and on the front row at the Burberry autumn/winter 2025 show in London, each woman has seemingly done away with colourful manicures, choosing a ‘naked manicure’ of a short shape and sheer, glossy top coat instead.
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Perhaps they’re just taking a break from the norm because their nails need it? Respite for nail beds and cuticles exhausted by the cycle of constantly changing manicures? Or, perhaps it points to a real sea change – a doing away with the old standard of block colour or a classic French and embracing au naturel nails in the form of a naked manicure. It certainly looks as though the natural nail revolution has arrived.
This story first appeared on Vogue.com
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