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Meanwhile,my motherand her friends were clean girls before there was a name for the aesthetic.
PREP WORK LACQUERED LADYCaroline Zurmely’s Hand IV, a work painted entirely with nail polish.
The closest she came was classic red for special occasions.
I studied nail shapes (coffin?
I loved every second of it.
(Pop-top seltzer cans?
Out of the question.)
But summer always fades to fall, and when our strike ended (hooray!
We did it!)
My kitten begged for treats as my (other) dog coughed up grass.
I could do nothing about any of it.
I felt my shoulders slump lower and my conviction that I could rob a bank without consequence disappear.
Now I felt, with my child-length nails but adult sophistication, sexy in a more sly way.
Plus, I was able to pull up my own underpants.
Now thats a win-win.
So, was there a victor in the experiment?
Who had triumphed in the face-off between sleek practicality and sensual excess?
Its not a trend for them, but a way of life.
If the short nail is Audrey Hepburn, the long one is Sophia Loren.
In modern terms, lets say myNatalie Portmansun is facing off against my powerfulCardi Brising.
And dont we all contain multitudes?
