Every so often a nail trend comes back around at exactly the right moment, and lace nails are having that moment in 2026.
Lace has been creeping into everything this year – sheer tops, layered cami situations, even trousers with lace paneling – and the runways went all in on tactile, textured fabrics this season.
Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut was a masterclass in this (obsessed, personally), and when you pair that energy with Pantone naming Cloud Dancer – a dreamy milky white – as the 2026 Color of the Year, lace nails were basically inevitable.