Celebrities don’t tend to walk the red carpet without meticulous preparation. There are the hairstylists and their assistants, wielding tools, clips, and tongs, working around the makeup artist (and their assistants) who, in turn, are working around the manicurists. Not to mention the styling team, additional friends, and anyone else in the general vicinity. As Isabella Rossellini recently told Vogue: “It’s pretty crazy!”
So, when a star steps out sans the expected accoutrements (like Pamela Anderson, for example, who in recent years has sworn off make-up), it’s a refreshing change. This is exactly why Anya Taylor-Joy, Reneé Zellweger, and Nicola Peltz Beckham all eschewing nail polish has felt like such a step change this awards season. Enter: the naked manicure.
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Seen variously attending a Tiffany & Co. event in Paris, on the red carpet at the Italian premiere of Mad About the Boy, and on the front row at the Burberry fall 2025 show in London, each woman has seemingly done away with colourful manicures, choosing a short shape and sheer, glossy top coat instead.
Anya Taylor-Joy and Reneé Zellweger, for example, kept the focus on their dramatic and glamorous event looks. For Taylor-Joy, her fascinator and flamboyant, sheer Nina Ricci dress did all the talking. Zellweger wore an embellished silver Armani Prive gown, and kept her hands bare save for two massive jewelled cocktail rains.
For Peltz Beckham, her look for Burberry’s London Fashion Week show also kept the focus on the brand’s classic print, and spoke to the brusk and simple sense of Britishness the label revels in. Who needs a sharp, high-octane mani when you’ve got a brisk Sunday walk in the Cotswolds ahead of you?
