Paris Fashion Week closed the spring 2027 season with snakeskin nails at Dior, a burgundy-to-red lip fade at Dries Van Noten and ponytails that look cut off at the root at Julie Kegels. Bustle, in a roundup by Emma Stout published on October 7, 2026, ranked ten beauty trends as the season's biggest. Below, each one with the desk's verdict on how far it travels.
The ten, one by one
1. Snakeskin nails (Dior)
Nail artist Ama Quashie made reptile-print manicures and paired them with florals and stripes. Needs a steady hand or a salon booking: runway-only for most.
2. Ombre lips (Dries Van Noten, Vivienne Westwood)
At Dries Van Noten, makeup artist Thomas de Kluyver faded burgundy into bright red; at Westwood, Daniel Sallstrom paired a brown upper lip with a nude lower one. The red fade is wearable with two lipsticks and a fingertip. The two-tone version is harder to get even.
3. Broken ponies (Julie Kegels)
Hairstylist Louis Ghewy styled disconnected ponytails that look as if they came right after a big chop. Runway-only.
4. Messy girl manis (Julie Kegels, Miu Miu)
Desi Lazarova showed grown-out polish at Julie Kegels, and Mei Kawajiri colored outside the lines at Miu Miu. The most wearable of the ten: it takes any polish you own and no precision.
5. Curly bangs (Acne Studios, Dries Van Noten)
Rococo-style ringlets at Acne; a tousled micro-fringe by Olivier Schawalder at Dries Van Noten. Wearable if you already have a fringe and a curling iron.
6. Glitter liner (Dior)
Peter Philips paired glittery cat-eye wings with an otherwise minimal, dewy look. Wearable, as long as the rest of the face stays quiet.
7. Pink hair (Isabel Marant, Acne Studios)
Damien Boissinot dipped lengths in pastel pink at Marant; Acne used a similar pink on the brows. Hair dye is a months-long commitment, and matching brows are runway-only.
8. Full glam (Saint Laurent, Tom Ford)
Smoky eyes and red lips by Pat McGrath at Saint Laurent; bombshell beauty by Lucy Bridge at Tom Ford. Wearable for an evening, with a good makeup bag.
9. Sequined lips (Vaquera, Cecilie Bahnsen)
Vaquera covered purple lips in sparkle, while Mel Arter dotted specks of glitter across glossy lips at Bahnsen. The dotted version can be copied for a night out. The fully covered one stays on the runway.
10. Power poufs (Zimmermann)
2010s-style poufs. Wearable with a comb and some hairspray.
What this means for your routine
The verdicts above are the desk's reading; Bustle names looks and artists, not products or prices. If you want one thing to try before spring, make it the grown-out manicure: it costs nothing, and it is the one trend on the list that gets better with a little neglect. And when a spring beauty buy comes with a green-sounding label, the site's note on what a reef-safe label on sunscreen really tells you shows how to read such claims.
Sources
- Bustle: The 10 Biggest Beauty Trends From Paris Fashion Week, October 7, 2026