A night of high fashion and extravagant looks, who knew it would be toes that stole our hearts at the British Fashion Council's Fashion Awards in London this week? You'd be forgiven for missing this detail on the red carpet, or in outfit shots on the IG grid, we did at first because feet aren't usually the first thing we look at for a beauty look. But showing them some love on her Instagram Stories after the event, we discovered Iris Law's adorable pedicure, covered in toenail charms. Obsessed.
Tooth gems just met their match when it comes to indulgently gworlie adornments. Iris' pedi was covered in festive silver balls (that low-key remind me of Christmas baking), and little vintage plastic flowers that look like they've been taken off of a 1950s bracelet. The kind you used to be able to find in charity shops before the resale army descended.
I mean, she's wearing custom Vivienne Westwood, handmade by the late Vivienne herself, so even the toes needed to level up. Clearly, she was besotted with her own feet, contorting to take some feet selfies (felfies?) of the pedi in her nude, open-toed Jimmy Choos.
Created by high-fashion and editorial nail artist Sylvie Macmillan, the base was a shimmering white gold and the frosted look was finished with tiny icy blue accents to cut through the neutral palette.
Sorry but just look how cute they are. It sent us scrolling on Sylvie's page and we may have just found a new obsession. Look at this manicure, using similar charms to Iris's ethereal toes.
I mean go scroll for yourself because...
Everyone's clicking on...
Enough said.
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Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
