Since 1979 Creative Nail Design (CND) have positioned themselves as a
global leader in professional nail care, and are dedicated to research,
development, education and customer support. In fact, “CND was the first
nail company to join Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week back in 1996”, Cora
Rood, from RPRMC, publicist for CND shared .
Inspired by Libertine designer Johnston Hartig’s most
recent trip to India, Hartig envisioned an Indian Goddess coming up from
the bottom of the sea, bringing remnants of the ocean floor up with her
in her hands. Sunken treasure, chains and even shark teeth provide the
nail art concept for his Fall Winter 2015 Libertine runway show.
“Libertine understands that nails are the exclamation
point on fashion,” CND Co-founder, Jan Arnold tells us exclusively. ”He
doesn’t believe they will take away from his designs.”
Twenty-four sets of nails were created for the 22 models,
each nail was handmade in the CND lab. Art Director, Heather Davis
shared with us that these nails were built using liquid and powder and
include a black nail color base, touched with embossing powder to make
it appear like black velvet. Then each set of nails were decorated with
gold foil strips, over 600 feet of gold chain, with varying lengths of
gold per set. Some have 18-inches dripping from them, while on others
the gold is looped. 2000 gold paillettes in varying sizes were all hand
placed and then sealed with shellac, which looks like fish scales, plus
110 individually carved shark teeth and Swarovski crystals. The finished
look reminds us of fine jewelry lying in a jewelry box.
It took 490 hours of labor to complete these nails and if
you wanted a set of your own, it would cost you around $500. Now that’s
what i call one jaw dropping manicure!
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