Nail Art Customization in Hip Hop Fashion | Hip Hop Symposium

Jenny Bui joined Elena Romero in a conversation about "Customization in Hip Hop Fashion" at The Museum at FIT fashion symposium Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style held on February 24, 2023. The symposium drew on the expert voices of hip hop style from journalists, designers, and stylists to curators, professors, and archivists who explored topics that center hip hop fashion as a force that has shaped American culture for five decades. Talks and panels focused on the role of jewelry, custom design, media, collecting, and designer brands in amplifying hip hop’s impact on fashion and society. This symposium was held in conjunction with the exhibition "Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style" (February 8–April 23, 2023). Jenny Bui is "The Queen of Bling," the Bronx-based celebrity nail artist to Cardi B, and an Opi Global Ambassador. She is the winner of the “Nail Artist of the Year” American Influencer Award (2019 and 2020), and her work has been featured in commercials for Pepsi, on the TV show "Cardi Tries," and in Vogue, Forbes, and Cosmopolitan magazines. Elena Romero is assistant chair and assistant professor of Marketing Communications at FIT and co-curator of "Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style." Romero is the author of "Free Stylin': How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry" (2012) and is a featured expert in the style documentaries "The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion" (2019) and "Fresh Dressed" (2015). Stream the full s