OPI demonstrated a large presence at the 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia featuring on the hand and toes at 21 designer shows.
The catwalk collections for Spring/Summer featured mainly white and sorbet pastel shades. Chartreuse was the key colour that featured throughout the week, alongside peplum detail, pencil skirts, sequins and sophisticated athletic inspired outfits. Silk dresses with Asian inspired floral prints and other interesting geometric prints in an assortment of pastel palettes were also showcased alongside pops of navy blue, pink and green.
Manning Cartell chose OPI's vibrant yellow/green chartreuse Did it On Em
To compliment, nails were a huge feature this year with designers recognising the importance of nails as a fashion accessory. Vibrant big nails were popular with many designers opting for colour and nail art.
OPI’s vibrant yellow/green chartreuse Did it On Em was chosen by designers Manning Cartell and Aurellio Costella. White lacquer shades were also popular with many designers choosing OPI’s Alpine Snow or Don’t Touch My Tutu as it complemented their predominantly white on white collection. Designers included Carla Zampatti, Zimmerman, Bec & Bridge and Manning Cartell.
The new nail trend featured at Fashion Week was the reverse French Manicure, nude or white nails with coloured tips, as seen at Carla Zampatti and Lisa Ho.
Lisa Ho featured the new nail trend of the reverse French manicure with OPI colour nail tips matching the coloured hair extensions
The new nude featured on the catwalk was OPI’s Did You ear About Van Gough which is a sand bisque creamy nude. This shade appeared on the catwalk at Carla Zampatti, Toni Maticevski’s Bespoke collection, By Johnny and Suboo.
Zimmerman complemented florals with OPI's white lacquer shades in Alpine Snow or Don't Touch My Tutu
The Camilla showing displayed the most colourful assortment of nails with its theme as gypsy meets jetsetter. Camilla took its fashion on a journey of seven destinations each with matching nails.
Maticevski opted for the new nude in OPI's Did You ear About Van Gough
New comers to Fashion Week, Dylan Cooper and Whitney Port chose grey nails as their preferred palette to complement their collection.
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