Popular nail blogger, Michelle Mismas, from All Lacquered Up, wrote a post for the NYT website “Room for Debate” series about unique colors of nail polish becoming mainstream. And the New York Time’s commenters went completely batshit insane.Here are some highlights:
- “Green hair is just a color, too, but not in a business office (and that means any field in which business is conducted). Any woman who is serious about her corporate career should stick to the traditional reds, pinks, apricots and nudes — which, by the way, are still “in” along with the wild & wacky shades. I doubt that we’ll be seeing any women in boardrooms, courtrooms, healthcare facilities or Congress sporting “Garish Green,” “Goth Black” or “Purple Passion” anytime soon, opting to stick with stylish chic rather than trendy chic. But, the kids will have fun with the cheaper brands.” -Jeanne, NY
- “If the color doesn’t look good on your lips, it can’t look that good on the fingers or toes. Green, love it, but not as a nail polish…looks sepulchral.” – colly colly, Portland, OR
- “Excuse moi, but Who do you call mainstream, cashiers in your local supermarkets or at Target sporting such silly colored nails? You see blue or green nails and you immediately classify the wearer as non-u.” – new moniker, Miami
- “I’m not sure what office the author works in but in my office –business casual setting with cubes and the like—no one wears nail polish. In my opinion, nail polish is a bit tacky –no matter who designs it.” – Nika, ESTL
- “Crazy nail polish popularity represents the death-knell of American preppiness.” – lauraaboutwell, NYC
- “Nail polish looks tacky. It all looks cheap, and like the person wearing it can’t be bothered to clean their fingernails, so they just make them opaque. Also, doesn’t the acetone seep into the bloodstream and cause health problems? It amazes me that people use the stuff. Cheap thrills?” – Jessica, Sewanee, Texas
- “The “new” colors worn at work are just one more bit of the total disintegration of taste and discretion in American “society”. At offices I’ve visited in Washington and New York I’ve seen flip flops, exposed thongs and other underwear, or no underwear at all, exposed hair on chests, nipples protruding from sheer blouses, dirty fingernails, dirty toenails displayed proudly in expensive sandals, more tattoos than on a naval battleship, and more piercings than a pincushion. Americans have no sense of style or taste. We have a barbaric, low-rent trailer park nation.” – Mickeyrad, Centerville, Iowa
- “Any female I know, who has been my freind [sic], is currently my friend, or hopes to be my friend, over the age of fifty four, wouldn’t be caught dead with such colors, and would lose my friendship forever.” – Counter Measures, Old Borough Park, New York
- “The Gothic colors of this stuff is stomach-churning. Worse, painted toenails on adult women. OK on 15-year old’s after a slumber party, (to be removed the following day). But on an adult women…hey, why don’t you pick up a book or take some adult education classes to pass the time.” – Sparks, France/USA
- “As long there is some shred of taste remaining in the world the French manicure will remain the only choice for women of elegance. I remember the late Princess Diana’s always tasteful manicures. Yes, it is the era of the NBA and outsized vulgarity, but for some of us the green fields and white pinstriped uniforms of baseball will always represent another way of life.” – wolveinsocal, Los Angeles
Look, seriously, I am not really that familiar with this particular NYT feature, and whether or not it normally provokes this kind of reaction, but, like, dude, it’s nail polish. Calm the fuck down. Have a beer.
(photo: tunamelt)
