Jin Soon's new polish collection.
The unquestionable queen of backstage Fashion Week manicures, Jin Soon Choi is taking a step out of the shadows to launch her own collection of polishes for fall. The debut includes two ranges of six shades each: Quintessential, classic reds and nudes, and A La Mode, fashion-forward bold hues. A base and top coat round out the mix.
"I wanted to do something high-fashion," she explained to ELLE.com at her West Village salon. "High-fashion isn't about crazy nail art, it's about high-gloss. It's very luxurious."
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After years of creating runway nail looks for the likes of Alexander Wang and Prabal Gurung, Choi's developed deep connections within the fashion world, including model pals. Proof? The A La Mode collection was named by familiar faces like Karlie Kloss, Coco Rocha, and Caroline Trentini (Kloss chose "Debonair" for her dark purple, while Rocha called a gray-blue mix, "Rhapsody"). When asked which supe was
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