They can be minimal, they can be over-the-top, but no doubt about it: a good manicure can certainly add a lot to a look.
它們可能微不足道，也可能被過分看重，但是精致的美甲絕對能給你的外表加分。

Videos exploring a century of beauty and style trends have become increasingly popular lately, covering everything from hair to gowns to underwear – so it’s no surprise that fingernail trends are the latest to receive the treatment.
最近，探索有關這一個世紀以來美麗與時尚潮流的視頻越來越流行，從頭發到禮服，再到內衣，內容極其豐富。因此，指甲現在受此待遇也不足為奇。

In a new video by Mode, a hand model is given 11 different manicures to represent each decade from 1916 to 2016 , and quite a variety of colors and style are on display.
Mode網站制作的視頻中，手模做了11種不同款式的美甲，從 1916年至2016年，每十年各一款，視頻還展示了許多顏色及風格各異的美甲。

'Discover how women have been styling their nails for 100-plus years and watch how far nail styles have come - from the bare buff of the early 1900s to the hot details of the ’80s to today’s ethereal sparkle,' reads the clip's description.
視頻的描述中說道：“去了解這100多年來女人們如何設計指甲款式，也看看這些款式的變遷——從20世紀早期的自然色到80年代的精致熱烈再到現在的夢幻閃耀。”

Starting with 1916, the model's nails are simply clipped and buffed and her cuticles are cleaned up for a simple natural look.
首先展示的是1916年的美甲風格，模特的指甲只是被簡單地修剪并擦亮了一下，然后把指甲周圍的死皮清理干凈，看起來簡單自然。

With the invention of clear nail polish in the 1920s, the only change for the 1926 look is just a simple layer of clear lacquer.
隨著20世紀20年代透明指甲油的發明，1926年美甲唯一的改變就是多了層簡單透明的指甲油。

In the following decade, color begins to be introduced, and not only that, but the 1936 manicure even includes a half-moon shape carefully formed using a brush and red polish.
在接下來的十年里，五顏六色的指甲油紛紛登場，不僅如此，1936年還有一款半月形美甲，用刷子和紅色指甲油細心涂抹而成。

Length came into style in the 1940s, which the filmmakers illustrate by giving the model a set of long fake nails before slicking them with a bright orange-red color.
20世紀40年代開始流行長指甲，視頻制作人為了凸顯這一點會讓模特戴上一套長長的假指甲，然后涂上鮮艷的橙紅色。

Not much changes for the 1950s, as the length remains and just a darker shade of red paint is added.
20世紀50年代沒什么太大的變化，長指甲依然盛行，只不過顏色偏向暗紅色。

But then, in the 1960s, the age of counterculture and morphing styles, the filmmakers went for an eye-popping pale pink on the long talons.
然后到了20世紀60年代這個反主流文化與風格多變的年代，視頻制作人讓人給模特的長指甲涂上奪目的淡粉色。

For the disco era, the model is given a disco ball-influenced mani with bright silver glitter, continuing on with the same length and oval-shaped tips.
到了迪斯科年代，因為受到迪斯科球的影響，模特的橢圓形長指甲被涂上了閃閃發亮的銀色。

For the 1980s, the model is given a whole new set of fake nails, this time with square tips, which are painted in a neon pink.
20世紀80年代，模特戴了一套全新假指甲，不過這次指甲頂端是方形的，涂上了霓虹粉。

Next, small triangles of black polish are added to the corners of each nail, separated from the pink by a strip of glitter and a single rhinestone on each nail.
然后把每個指甲的一角都涂上了黑色指甲油，用閃閃的一道銀線和單個的水鉆與粉紅的主色相隔開。

After that suitably over-the-top effort comes the stripped-down 1990s look - likely in honor of the grunge trend - with the vanishing of the false tips and just plain black polish.
到了20世紀90年代，也許是受到格郎基時尚的影響，精心雕琢的風氣開始消退，代之以簡約的風格，人們不再佩戴假指甲，只是簡單地涂上黑色指甲油。

French manicures are the style of choice for the 2000s, but then the present day is markedly different, with the longest tips yet, painted with nude polish and topped with a sprinkling of golden glitter.
21世紀初，法式美甲受到青睞。但如今的美甲風又大不一樣了。人們喜歡把指甲留得很長，（從來沒這么長過），在指甲上涂上裸色指甲油，然后再刷上一層金粉。

Vocabulary

manicure: 美甲
bare buff: 自然色
ethereal: 縹緲的
buff: 用軟物擦亮
cuticle: 手指甲或腳趾甲周圍的死皮
lacquer: 漆
morph: 變化
talon: 爪
rhinestone: 人造鉆石
stripped-down: 無裝飾的
grunge: 格郎基文化，一種邋遢、不分性別的反時尚時尚

英文來源：每日郵報
譯者：胡蘇虹（中國日報網愛新聞iNews譯者）
審校&編輯：丹妮