{"id":1842034,"date":"2026-03-23T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1842034"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:53:00","slug":"manga-boobs-and-cybersigilism-nail-art-is-entering-its-maximalist-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1842034","title":{"rendered":"Manga boobs and cybersigilism: Nail art is entering its maximalist era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1080\/0-20-1080-720\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442212.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/beauty\/article\/69932\/1\/serena-fiore-nail-art-naples-maximalist-cybersigil\" data-article-id=\"69932\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-portrait-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.8\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Serena Fiore\" class=\"img\" height=\"1346\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1080\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442212.jpg\" width=\"1080\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Serena Fiore<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-23T14:53:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"23 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"23\">23,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - beauty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/community\">Community<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/community\">Community<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Manga boobs and cybersigilism: Nail art is entering its <span class=\"nowrap\">maximalist era<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Serena Fiore is transforming nail art into a maximalist playground of cybersigil spikes, chrome embellishments and <span class=\"nowrap\">manga-inspired fantasy<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-23T14:53:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"23 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"23\">23,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-23T14:53:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"23 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"23\">23,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/TiarnaMeehan\">Tiarna<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-15-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Community: Serena Fiore<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36853\/0\/community-serena-fiore\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Community: Serena Fiore\" class=\"img\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-480-2400-1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441864.JPG\" width=\"2400\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36853\/1\/community-serena-fiore\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Community: Serena Fiore\" class=\"img\" height=\"1600\" 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class=\"img\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-593-2400-1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441858.JPG\" width=\"2400\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36853\/4\/community-serena-fiore\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Community: Serena Fiore\" class=\"img\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-495-2400-1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441866.JPG\" width=\"2400\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36853\/5\/community-serena-fiore\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Community: Serena Fiore\" class=\"img\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-225-1440-960\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441853.jpg\" width=\"1440\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 15 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><em>The Dazed Beauty Community is our ever-expanding encyclopaedia of creatives and emerging talent from across the world who are redefining the way we think about beauty. Discover them <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/community\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unghieamestiere\/\">Serena Fiore<\/a>\u2019s designs are cluttered with shiny logos and stacked with charm-like embellishments. Posting online under the username \u2018unghieamestiere\u2019 \u2013 a combination of the Italian word for nails, <em>unghie<\/em>, and \u201ca mestiere\u201d, a Neapolitan way of saying something\u2019s done really well \u2013 her work leans fully into excess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0\u201cWhen asked what I do, I never answer with \u2018I do nails\u2019. I say \u2018I follow visions,\u2019\u201d Fiore, who is based in Naples, says. Her Instagram bio crowns her a Nail Master, and the designs back it up \u2013 from fuzzy Chrome Hearts-inspired sets to cybersigil motifs, silver spiked nails, and manga girls in bursting bikini tops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite the bravado at the forefront of her work, Fiore is clear about the way her medium is perceived. \u201cNails still aren\u2019t widely seen as a canvas for art, but just a way to look \u2018put together\u2019. Even today, nail artists are often reduced to \u2018just cosmetologists\u2019, rather than recognised as fine artists,\u201d she says. \u201cSince I started, I\u2019ve been pushing against that narrative. By letting my work speak for itself, I\u2019ve been raising my voice a little louder, nail by nail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, we talk to Serena Fiore about growing up in Italy, what beauty means to her and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Can you tell us a bit about yourself and where you grew up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore:<\/strong> I grew up in an environment where, to be recognised, you often had to raise your voice a little louder. I always thought: \u2018maybe I live here and that\u2019s why no one values my art&#8230; so where else should I go?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your earliest beauty-related memory?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore:<\/strong><span>Probably filling a glass with water, dropping colour in little by little, then swirling it around with a toothpick to create patterns. And finally, the best part: dipping a finger in (and sometimes my whole hand) just to sink it into that damn polish. It was a mess, but the most beautiful feeling in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get into nail art?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore:<\/strong><span> Since I can remember, I\u2019ve been painting everywhere and on everything, including places I probably shouldn\u2019t. Then, as a teenager, I started painting on fake nails with only a toothpick as my tool. I trained at a cosmetology academy and later completed a master\u2019s degree in nail art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>What\u2019s been your career highlight so far?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore:<\/strong><span> My first guest artist experience in Amsterdam \u2013 that really opened my eyes to the world. I\u2019ve always tried to escape to find my own reality, but I realised that first, I need to try to root it here in Italy, where I was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I used to say it didn\u2019t make sense to open a studio here in Naples because \u2018no one would understand it\u2019, because it wouldn\u2019t really be a beauty salon. For the past few years, I\u2019ve been dreaming of creating a space that goes beyond the standard beauty concept. This year, that dream will become reality under the name SYNDR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe your beauty aesthetic in three words.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>Brutal. Clean. Visionary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your current obsession?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>Anything silver and chrome, it\u2019s an obsession I still haven\u2019t managed to get over. I could easily be the tin woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>When do you feel most beautiful?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>Definitely, when I leave the studio right after getting a tattoo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What does beauty mean to you?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>To me, beauty is uniqueness. It\u2019s what makes each of us stand out and be different. Nowadays, I\u2019m actually happy that the concept of beauty is shifting away from the old idea of perfection defined by mass standards. Beauty isn\u2019t just about fitting in or meeting expectations anymore. Beauty is owning your voice and your identity loudly and proudly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is your beauty icon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>My beauty icon is my mom. She\u2019s an eternal youth to me, the one who passed down her love for everything beauty-related. She never clipped my wings, always pushing me to do what I want while holding my hand. She\u2019s taught me to shout loudly for what I believe in. I don\u2019t even think she knows she\u2019s an icon, but she truly is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve had an accident which causes you to lose your sense of smell. The doctors can\u2019t <\/strong><strong>return it fully, but can give you the ability to smell one scent. What do you pick and why? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>Give me that smell of monomer. Or gasoline. Or paint. Now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is the sixth day, and you are creating humans. They can look however you want them to. What do they look like and why?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>A part of me actually wants everyone to be able to change whatever they want about themselves. I want longer nail beds&#8230; or bigger boobs, or grey eyes. But it would be a mess because we\u2019d barely recognise each other all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you optimistic about the future?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>I\u2019m cautiously optimistic. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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Discover them <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/community\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unghieamestiere\/\">Serena Fiore<\/a>\u2019s designs are cluttered with shiny logos and stacked with charm-like embellishments. Posting online under the username \u2018unghieamestiere\u2019 \u2013 a combination of the Italian word for nails, <em>unghie<\/em>, and \u201ca mestiere\u201d, a Neapolitan way of saying something\u2019s done really well \u2013 her work leans fully into excess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0\u201cWhen asked what I do, I never answer with \u2018I do nails\u2019. I say \u2018I follow visions,\u2019\u201d Fiore, who is based in Naples, says. Her Instagram bio crowns her a Nail Master, and the designs back it up \u2013 from fuzzy Chrome Hearts-inspired sets to cybersigil motifs, silver spiked nails, and manga girls in bursting bikini tops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite the bravado at the forefront of her work, Fiore is clear about the way her medium is perceived. \u201cNails still aren\u2019t widely seen as a canvas for art, but just a way to look \u2018put together\u2019. Even today, nail artists are often reduced to \u2018just cosmetologists\u2019, rather than recognised as fine artists,\u201d she says. \u201cSince I started, I\u2019ve been pushing against that narrative. By letting my work speak for itself, I\u2019ve been raising my voice a little louder, nail by nail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, we talk to Serena Fiore about growing up in Italy, what beauty means to her and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Can you tell us a bit about yourself and where you grew up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore:<\/strong> I grew up in an environment where, to be recognised, you often had to raise your voice a little louder. I always thought: \u2018maybe I live here and that\u2019s why no one values my art&#8230; so where else should I go?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your earliest beauty-related memory?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore:<\/strong><span>Probably filling a glass with water, dropping colour in little by little, then swirling it around with a toothpick to create patterns. And finally, the best part: dipping a finger in (and sometimes my whole hand) just to sink it into that damn polish. It was a mess, but the most beautiful feeling in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get into nail art?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore:<\/strong><span> Since I can remember, I\u2019ve been painting everywhere and on everything, including places I probably shouldn\u2019t. Then, as a teenager, I started painting on fake nails with only a toothpick as my tool. I trained at a cosmetology academy and later completed a master\u2019s degree in nail art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>What\u2019s been your career highlight so far?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore:<\/strong><span> My first guest artist experience in Amsterdam \u2013 that really opened my eyes to the world. I\u2019ve always tried to escape to find my own reality, but I realised that first, I need to try to root it here in Italy, where I was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I used to say it didn\u2019t make sense to open a studio here in Naples because \u2018no one would understand it\u2019, because it wouldn\u2019t really be a beauty salon. For the past few years, I\u2019ve been dreaming of creating a space that goes beyond the standard beauty concept. This year, that dream will become reality under the name SYNDR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe your beauty aesthetic in three words.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>Brutal. Clean. Visionary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your current obsession?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>Anything silver and chrome, it\u2019s an obsession I still haven\u2019t managed to get over. I could easily be the tin woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>When do you feel most beautiful?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>Definitely, when I leave the studio right after getting a tattoo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What does beauty mean to you?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>To me, beauty is uniqueness. It\u2019s what makes each of us stand out and be different. Nowadays, I\u2019m actually happy that the concept of beauty is shifting away from the old idea of perfection defined by mass standards. Beauty isn\u2019t just about fitting in or meeting expectations anymore. Beauty is owning your voice and your identity loudly and proudly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is your beauty icon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>My beauty icon is my mom. She\u2019s an eternal youth to me, the one who passed down her love for everything beauty-related. She never clipped my wings, always pushing me to do what I want while holding my hand. She\u2019s taught me to shout loudly for what I believe in. I don\u2019t even think she knows she\u2019s an icon, but she truly is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve had an accident which causes you to lose your sense of smell. The doctors can\u2019t <\/strong><strong>return it fully, but can give you the ability to smell one scent. What do you pick and why? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>Give me that smell of monomer. Or gasoline. Or paint. Now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is the sixth day, and you are creating humans. They can look however you want them to. What do they look like and why?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>A part of me actually wants everyone to be able to change whatever they want about themselves. I want longer nail beds&#8230; or bigger boobs, or grey eyes. But it would be a mess because we\u2019d barely recognise each other all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you optimistic about the future?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Fiore: <\/strong><span>I\u2019m cautiously optimistic. 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