InvestigationLike a snub to the discreet chic of the bourgeoisie, the new stars of R’n’B or reality TV are ambassadors of heightened sensuality. Like the model Emily Ratajkowski, an emblematic figure of a feminism that claims an outrageously flashy sex appeal.
This evening of September 27, she appeared on the set of the “Late Late Show”, a program broadcast on the American channel CBS, molded in a strapless dress slit and perched on vertiginous heels. Her blonde hair extensions cascaded down to her back, smoky false lashes swept over her eyes. But it was another detail of Khloé Kardashian’s appearance that caught the attention of star host James Corden. “Oh my god, look at those nails! “, he exclaimed as his guest sat on the sofa and the cameraman zoomed in on the reality TV star’s right hand. “I have never seen one so sharp! “, he added.
Khloe Kardashian, starlet who appeared in 20 seasons of the series “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, influencer with 192 million followers on Instagram, found herself explaining how she managed to live with nails as sharp as stilettos, change her daughter’s diapers or slice packets of nuts with the stroke of the index finger. The sequence lasted two minutes. The young woman had not come to speak about manicures, but that evening, her nail prostheses burst the screen.
“These artifices, which evoked the figure of the cagole, are no longer associated with a working class. The codes get mixed up. »Sophie Barel, doctoral student
Five centimeters long, double XXL size, French manicure (a line of white varnish on the edge of the nails), all with a particular finish, the American pose. This latest fashionable technique, which consists of sticking a kind of fine jelly solidified on the natural nails, allows effects worthy of Gaudí’s architecture: excessive lengths, square, almond-shaped, rounded shapes, ornaments with inlays of Swarovski crystals. …
Thousands of kilometers away, in Paris, Colline Da Graça, an elegant thirty-something, is used to the process. “The more it goes, the longer I do, she says, waving 4-centimeter nail prostheses. There is nothing that I do not dare. “ A year ago, Lili Creuk, nail artist (“Nail artist”) and graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Caen, had written her calligraphy, from middle finger to little finger, very raw words from the French rapper Alkpote. This Tuesday in October, installed for two hours in a small institute of 2e arrondissement of Paris, the young woman, who has a wedding a few days later, opts for a slightly more sober seasonal formula. XL extensions and a pumpkin and gray marble pattern will suffice. Cost of the service: around 90 euros. In three weeks, she will change her motive and prostheses.
You have 80.58% of this article to read. The rest is for subscribers only.