Kylie Jenner Is Staying Loyal to This Early 2000s Pedicure
In Turks and Caicos, the beauty entrepreneur put a modern twist on a rather controversial nail trend.
Reported by Vogue.
French pedicures have spent the better part of two decades collecting dust next to low-rise jeans and chunky highlights — and yet here we are, being asked to reconsider. Kylie Jenner recently posted vacation photos from Turks and Caicos featuring a French pedicure with a twist: the classic pink base was paired with silvery metallic tips instead of the traditional white, and a square nail shape that reads more now than nostalgia trip.
This isn't a one-off moment of retro experimentation. According to Vogue, Jenner wore a white-tipped square version of the same style back in summer 2024 — meaning she's been quietly committed to this look for over a year. The suspected artist behind the polish work is Zola Ganzorigt, Jenner's go-to nail pro, who also created the gem-tipped manicure she wore on the same trip.
The Metallic Factor
Whether or not a full French pedicure revival materializes, the silver tip detail is the real story here. Metallics dominated the nail conversation at this year's Met Gala — Ashley Graham and WNBA star A'ja Wilson both showed up in silvery and gold tones — confirming that chrome and shimmer are the summer nail moves to know. The French pedicure, reframed through that lens, suddenly feels less dated and more like a deliberate, understated flex.
The style has always been more polarizing than its manicure counterpart. French tips on fingers? Enduring. French tips on toes? Historically, a harder sell — the kind of look that splits a room cleanly between yes, always and please, never again. Jenner's metallic update doesn't erase that divide so much as give fence-sitters a more palatable entry point. For the Met itself, she kept her fingers in a subdued nude — then made headlines anyway for bleached brows, because apparently one statement at a time isn't really her style.
If Jenner's track record means anything, the French pedicure is worth paying attention to — even if you're not ready to fully commit. A silver tip might be exactly the compromise your feet didn't know they needed.
Read the original at Vogue.
