ANTWERP / NAIL ART
NAILS
Studio Vitalesca is a nail art practice by Maggie Lung, shaped by fashion, subculture and a love for excess.
@STUDIOVITALESCA ↗
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MANICURES / PRESS-ONS
STUDIO WORK
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COLLECTIONS / EDITORIAL / CULTURE
FASHION / CULTURE
Four nail sets created for Amar Singh’s master collection “Mama, I See Clowns…”.
CREDITS
Set Photography
Sieme Hermans
BTS Photography
Ilaicha Vandeputte
Polaroid
Boran Verstaete
Set Design
Jabro Grow
Nail Artist
Studio Vitalesca
Embroidery
Masha Plokhuta
Shoes
Skua Studio
Bags
Besmir Latifi
Photography Assistant
Sem Beer
Assistants
Xander Pauwels, Mustaf Ahmeti
Nail work for Yseult’s September issue cover and editorial for ELLE Belgium, shot in Paris.
COVER
EDITORIAL
CREDITS
Talent
Yseult
Fashion Director
Elodie Ouedraogo
Creative Director
Deborah Bloemen
Photographer
Jorre Janssens
Styling
Jonathan Huguet
1st Styling Assistant
Rebecca Perrier
2nd Styling Assistant
Lou Laporte
Make-up
Clotide Puvis de Chavannes
Hair
Sanne Schoofs
Nails
Maggie Lung / Studio Vitalesca
Assistant Photo
Anthony Peyper
Assistant Creative Director
Aline Kesteman
Art Director
Guillaume Pinet
Creative Production
Charlotte Gesquière
Social Media Manager
Alyssa Taelman
Special Thanks
Studio Apolo Paris
Seven nail looks created for JUDASSIME’s SS26 collection “Lost Highway” for Paris Fashion Week.
DIRTY RUSTED ALIEN CLAWS
BLACK SKIN DETAIL
NUDE TO BLACK
ALIEN CLAWS
BEADED BLACK
CURVED CHROME ALIEN CLAWS
DIRTY CURVED
CHROME ALIEN CLAWS
10XL
BLACK ICE-PICK STILETTOS
ARMOURED CHROME
KNIFE CLAWS
VAMPY BLACK
RINGLET STILETTOS
CREDITS
Production Manager
Xirojin
Assistant Manager
Ct0rius
Key MUA
Raphael Arcadios
Key Hair
Karoliina Saunders
Nails
Maggie Lung / Studio Vitalesca
Set Design
Cellule Mère
PR
Ritual Projects
Photography
The Cobrasnake, Elia Gabassi,
Flavien Segalini, Lauren Cremer
Runway Photography
Antoine Flament, Foc Kan / Getty Images
Nail work for ELLE Belgium’s October digital cover featuring Jewaria and Muna. Clean nude gel overlays and manicures were created for both models.
DIGITAL COVER
EDITORIAL / ADDITIONAL
CREDITS
Photography
Sieme Hermans
Styling
Xander Pauwels
Hair
Leanne van Niekerk
Make-up
Anh Nguyaen
Nails
Maggie Lung / Studio Vitalesca
Concept
Sieme Hermans & Xander Pauwels
Models
Jewaria & Muna
Model Agency
Platform Agency Amsterdam
BTS Video
Daan Van Nunen
Photography Assistants
Wout Vloeberghs & Vincent Goudsmit
Styling Assistants
Amanio Moors & Noortje Bijnens
Make-up Assistant
Galina Rybina
Artwork
Daan Van Nunen & Rúnar Marinósson
Special Thanks
Bakkerij Funk
Nail work for KMSKA × Young Fashion Designers, presented as part of the exhibition installation in Antwerp.
SHOOT
EXHIBITION
NAIL DETAILS
BACKSTAGE / INSTALLATION
CREDITS
In Collaboration With
Amar Singh
Set Design
Jabro Grow
Embroidery
Masha Plokhuta
Nails
Studio Vitalesca
Shoot Photography
Ulana Perveeva
Exhibition Photography
Sanne De Block
Nail work for ALOK, photographed by Harmen Meinsma at the Amsterdam City Archives.
PORTRAITS
EDITORIAL
CREDITS
Talent
ALOK
Photography
Harmen Meinsma
Styling
Amar Singh
Styling Assistant
Kajol Singh
Hair & Make-up
Licka Lolly
Nails
Maggie Lung / Studio Vitalesca
Location
Amsterdam City Archives
Photography Assistants
Ceciel Berden & Marloes de Vries
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SELECTED PROJECTS
COMMISSIONS
Custom branded nail set for Mutant Agency’s new office opening, developed around the Mutant eye logo and signature acid-green identity.
STUDIO
VITALESCA
Nail art and wearable objects from Antwerp.
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