Olympic nail art is clear winner of London 2012 trends

August 02, 2012 14:28

Nail art -- the fashion for intricately patterned painted nails -- has had a great Olympics. A growing but still niche interest, loved by teenage girls, clubbers and Dalston hipsters, nail art turned a corner on Sunday night when Rebecca Adlington showed her union-flag painted nails to the post-race cameras after winning bronze. In an instant, the sight of the British swimmer in her still-wet hair and no-nonsense one piece swimsuit transformed the image of nail art, bringing it from bling to mainstream. Read

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