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Lady Gaga Shows the World She's a Woman of Many Talons

Lady Gaga is definitely a woman of many talents (her latest: randomly making bubblegum pink hair with grey roots work) but she's also a woman of great talons, too — just check out her "Bad Romance" mani.

Lady Gaga is definitely a woman of many talents (her latest: randomly making bubblegum pink hair with grey roots work) but she's also a woman of great talons, too — just check out her "Bad Romance" mani. Her latest look, which the singer debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show, is a fierce flip-side French manicure. We love the glossy black half moons with shell-peach polish, but it's the shape of the nail that caught our eye. The stiletto (dubbed so because of its seriously sharp tip) was starting to make itself a big player in the nail world at the end of last year, and with Gaga continuing to pledge her allegiance to the shape this year, looks like we all best get out our nail files and get pointy. Whaddya think of Lady G's talons?

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Spring '11 Trend to Try Now: Stiletto Nails

The runways have spoken and there's a new nail shape in town: the stiletto.

The runways have spoken and there's a new nail shape in town: the stiletto. Word. It's already developed an A-list following with pointed talons seen on the hands of Fergie and Gaga in recent weeks. It all started back with the Fall shows of The Blondes, ThreeASFOUR and Victor DeSouza, but thanks to some serious support on the Spring '11 runways, we've decided this talon trend is worth a whirl . . .

Runway inspiration: Ruffian, Jose Duran, Z by Zac Posen

Celeb spots: Lady Gaga in London on Friday, Fergie on tour with the Black Eyed Peas Plays in Salvador last week, Rihanna in NYC, Fergie at the NY Jets vs. the Miami Dolphins game late last month

TIP #1: Don't wear them to the office. This look might be oh-so on-trend an' all but your boss will FREAK if he sees you with claws (sorry, nails) that double as a lethal weapon.

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