My research led me to the amazing Marian Newman who created bespoke nails for the Missoni S/S12.

Marian, a veteran of runway shows, worked with Minx Nails co-founder Janice Jordan to create “impressions” of the fabric Missoni would be using in the new collection. 

“I sat with Janice while we opened the references, and after discussing some ideas, eventually decided to create gentle fades of the exact colours with a slight distortion - rather like a Bakewell tart,” explained Marian. 

“Janice then began designing this interpretation, using the three colour collections of blue, yellow and red, but decided to make them translucent to allow a MinxLusion base,” said Marian.   

MinxLusion is the exclusive prismatic, shimmery silver colour that is achievable in nail fashion only by Minx, and was a perfect complement to the iridescence running throughout the rich fabrics of the Missoni collection. 

“We showed our range of Minx coatings to the design team the day before the show, and when Margherita (Missoni) saw the Minx, she brought everyone over,” recalled Marian. 

“The designer Angela Missoni and the stylist Venessa Reid made the final selections, choosing Minx coatings that did not replicate the swatches too closely, but instead accented the overall look of each ensemble,” Marian explained.

So, you can imagine my reaction when an overseas package arrived from Marian, full of Minx bespoke Missoni nail polish strips. 

I. DIED.

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Rachael is CLEO's Beauty Editor, and can always be relied on to help a girl out when moisturiser/cleanser/dry shampoo supplies are running low and it's still a week 'til pay day.