Millinery Gone Mad. Wild Hats, Headbands, Masks and More by Piers Atkinson.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2sIE9pB2p8ubfiUa190ih5IOPNfhkBErb7KYCR4u7yNj1qaD56i-3t6FxOMBGAcKxG8-5PZCQwMuvzTv4PaLRCcSZEzg5Z-judaWOA-YpicUxxCOJ_CLZfDqD9dmOIASzDy2fyFUR-tQ/s1600/neon3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660207611586658770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2sIE9pB2p8ubfiUa190ih5IOPNfhkBErb7KYCR4u7yNj1qaD56i-3t6FxOMBGAcKxG8-5PZCQwMuvzTv4PaLRCcSZEzg5Z-judaWOA-YpicUxxCOJ_CLZfDqD9dmOIASzDy2fyFUR-tQ/s400/neon3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 528px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdTziJkvth0NTGx96P3u98zi0NKchAyZM2MmIKZrfymXpduKpW6YZctzlm2EgLla8fUlxaunShIu3z4CdTx5Yx1UcyFOEv12zlewGocZRaHKxQzdxYkffQ_pJ2MT5RE560myfWjb4Ct7Q/s1600/balaclava+with+gold+plated+pins.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660542283276492242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdTziJkvth0NTGx96P3u98zi0NKchAyZM2MmIKZrfymXpduKpW6YZctzlm2EgLla8fUlxaunShIu3z4CdTx5Yx1UcyFOEv12zlewGocZRaHKxQzdxYkffQ_pJ2MT5RE560myfWjb4Ct7Q/s400/balaclava+with+gold+plated+pins.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 484px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPlsKVhm-0_b-zlbicwIHsCw-PYFqKOYix6T1NMNnExhq_7aQhNiwt-0RUhnwsFrSF79k6Rhw-oNkpRT429NblEbcu8uKV8qSapAk31riTI1VEQQodVth8UylOarYWHddcFhSOtWdMVxq/s1600/cherry+blossom+veil+11.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660541509234378226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPlsKVhm-0_b-zlbicwIHsCw-PYFqKOYix6T1NMNnExhq_7aQhNiwt-0RUhnwsFrSF79k6Rhw-oNkpRT429NblEbcu8uKV8qSapAk31riTI1VEQQodVth8UylOarYWHddcFhSOtWdMVxq/s400/cherry+blossom+veil+11.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 526px;" /></a><br /><br />Romantic, tropical, alluring, mysterious, macabre... I could go on and on with adjectives when it comes to describing the imaginative millinery and head gear by <a href="http://www.piersatkinson.com/">Piers Atkinson</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDZJLyxTh9ldaaaoSiSKAm81CJOk4CFO8iBu4TBvArzncwAIEXQ6QmvuQg9CW8kJwlBIhxGmrzkMoDStrvmbsUdv5ZlQJHlMF-Vz4GcnXtcsgWEj4oQXrQIH6CJsfmDdQsxDMqXSr9aFp/s1600/1131+-+Piers+Atkinson-+cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660555389330495122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDZJLyxTh9ldaaaoSiSKAm81CJOk4CFO8iBu4TBvArzncwAIEXQ6QmvuQg9CW8kJwlBIhxGmrzkMoDStrvmbsUdv5ZlQJHlMF-Vz4GcnXtcsgWEj4oQXrQIH6CJsfmDdQsxDMqXSr9aFp/s400/1131+-+Piers+Atkinson-+cropped.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 286px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7i8uvfPOiq356aVrE7P6wzsEETgTcVWknptJAy657R0hl8LdRrfTUSF_sivf55jhsbmXQPVLTBHW1Em-zxD1_5-tJa_p1AyWd_w74okScpz_j-5EIRI8vt_HNB5-YPzxdNAZAPBT9vMSh/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-06+at+6.43.24+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660562421000593202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7i8uvfPOiq356aVrE7P6wzsEETgTcVWknptJAy657R0hl8LdRrfTUSF_sivf55jhsbmXQPVLTBHW1Em-zxD1_5-tJa_p1AyWd_w74okScpz_j-5EIRI8vt_HNB5-YPzxdNAZAPBT9vMSh/s400/Screen+shot+2011-10-06+at+6.43.24+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 287px;" /></a><br /><br />Every style and genre from sweet and sexy to outrageous and irreverent, Piers's hats, masks, headbands and berets are wearable art. Made with unusual materials like neon, found objects, giant bugs, gold-plated spikes, even barbie dolls, his hats are head-turning fashions that warrant a closet of their own. Take a look at some of these hats, balaclava (ski masks), headbands and more from the past few seasons.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A few selections from his most recent Spring /Summer 2012 "Hot Voodoo" Collection:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgx6UTSfmi8CdNTuDtE_ylFie7NeHT2PownAyFJT2JGQR25KSFk4o5AyF6nknDOC-_RcZakngVbu3nCc2aE3sPX_qWvYjDPXbXqE3xyJIVv_5LczeBhjeWdW1hR4tFHvq8BGQMyUijYV6/s1600/Montrosa+Jessicus21.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660563396819068914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgx6UTSfmi8CdNTuDtE_ylFie7NeHT2PownAyFJT2JGQR25KSFk4o5AyF6nknDOC-_RcZakngVbu3nCc2aE3sPX_qWvYjDPXbXqE3xyJIVv_5LczeBhjeWdW1hR4tFHvq8BGQMyUijYV6/s400/Montrosa+Jessicus21.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 263px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-VxqnFTsSLH-mXRFrBJ6rdXoPL_-c77K5OYScXZlGC0MU5YE5nbBVADd9iiGG7yP4UAjWCYo-9ZWvjkXsmIbZoXb8jr3yPIhWmE7VmDnHw3w9ipqLyLy64Kz4fB7_MMuYXhhblAwXkTr/s1600/twitter30.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660563260881818258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-VxqnFTsSLH-mXRFrBJ6rdXoPL_-c77K5OYScXZlGC0MU5YE5nbBVADd9iiGG7yP4UAjWCYo-9ZWvjkXsmIbZoXb8jr3yPIhWmE7VmDnHw3w9ipqLyLy64Kz4fB7_MMuYXhhblAwXkTr/s400/twitter30.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 264px; height: 264px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Selections from the Autumn/ Winter 2011 "Paris" Collection:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7hlcbKHUvMlwVpvJvTC-Rr5kRpcN4wDtWM01YC3J46qI9mmafg2pIakVSEYfClUmd7lDMeFllPCjmftl94oKVwrhMx2AISOrI5nbYMlYVywSUjYcoVYFv794h36vaq2eNYyPMjtKxe3i/s1600/navy+beret+neon+trim.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660539487784387890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7hlcbKHUvMlwVpvJvTC-Rr5kRpcN4wDtWM01YC3J46qI9mmafg2pIakVSEYfClUmd7lDMeFllPCjmftl94oKVwrhMx2AISOrI5nbYMlYVywSUjYcoVYFv794h36vaq2eNYyPMjtKxe3i/s400/navy+beret+neon+trim.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 522px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIHZvR2dOMlkZaOH_W8rbZiEXYktkaltW4Q-FE1NHWbifBMeWPXx8F7GKSd-0PZArPOzOQse_NEC50ZyNNntpns5SoXRYuwNP4YU4QYsnh3VLOex9SGiOxLFkcK206_HwJEy6rNJrjDlz/s1600/paris+gold.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660539224932022258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIHZvR2dOMlkZaOH_W8rbZiEXYktkaltW4Q-FE1NHWbifBMeWPXx8F7GKSd-0PZArPOzOQse_NEC50ZyNNntpns5SoXRYuwNP4YU4QYsnh3VLOex9SGiOxLFkcK206_HwJEy6rNJrjDlz/s400/paris+gold.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 264px; height: 265px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzbeJAkNOnJWDD5vm4Isi1ODH-MacIf-wG9uImh_H4ZKnyrOYCjaTyQxAlPCKOIGdoQ0UgEG5AlBXZ9x4zDKSYpUMJZDeImcNdn0dO6Ucl-yXWWMtXekbmIMxDs6715xhULXOF9YRXSOK/s1600/gold+leather+beret+gold+plated+spikes+28.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660543292189745154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzbeJAkNOnJWDD5vm4Isi1ODH-MacIf-wG9uImh_H4ZKnyrOYCjaTyQxAlPCKOIGdoQ0UgEG5AlBXZ9x4zDKSYpUMJZDeImcNdn0dO6Ucl-yXWWMtXekbmIMxDs6715xhULXOF9YRXSOK/s400/gold+leather+beret+gold+plated+spikes+28.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 265px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A few selections from the Autumn/ Winter 2010 "It Is Later Than You Think" Collection:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0ezdob1qO9EW33CKiyTj7CcTXr1UU7h1H5FPajhOmJ7O99QgZh-LR0-JWw1z9nsnyac0lrtwFscNyGOj7rC1EylgaP6zWzf_tKlIOSjdv8ckL7Vs9n4VYlTbT73eKoM8xtYLNJ25Zp2z/s1600/Gunmetal+beret7.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660553198724524882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0ezdob1qO9EW33CKiyTj7CcTXr1UU7h1H5FPajhOmJ7O99QgZh-LR0-JWw1z9nsnyac0lrtwFscNyGOj7rC1EylgaP6zWzf_tKlIOSjdv8ckL7Vs9n4VYlTbT73eKoM8xtYLNJ25Zp2z/s400/Gunmetal+beret7.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 536px; height: 537px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About Piers Atkinson:</span><br />Piers Atkinson has worn nearly as many hats as he’s made. Artist, illustrator, milliner, costume designer, party organiser, fashion editor and now DJ! – his creative energies only seem to be matched by an insatiable curiosity.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9zxAfwYpqxV-STQ57-hUXmAezL51BozwzuUvHil3zCYf9JKL891g73ytHHvtTiPvDJOj69hCSr3VZF-1F1jJpG0PFdivU3_ypSs_9FTkY8OxtqjucUK87BD1z3PQAXQzmMj4Ko4ALV7o/s1600/biography_image.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660557983912748594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9zxAfwYpqxV-STQ57-hUXmAezL51BozwzuUvHil3zCYf9JKL891g73ytHHvtTiPvDJOj69hCSr3VZF-1F1jJpG0PFdivU3_ypSs_9FTkY8OxtqjucUK87BD1z3PQAXQzmMj4Ko4ALV7o/s400/biography_image.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 585px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photography by Thomas Lohr</span><br /><br /></span></span>He grew up in Norfolk with three generations of women – his mother, the theatrical milliner Hilary Elliott, at whose knee he learned hat-making; his sister Lucy, the long-suffering photographic model for his teenage reconstructions of Grace Jones and Art of Noise record covers; and his grandmother, the artist / writer / horticulturalist and illustrator Lesley Gordon, from whom he took his multi-disciplinary cue.<br /><br />After studying graphic design and photography at the University of Bristol (where Stephen Jones made a brief but memorable visit to his grad show), Piers moved in 1995 to London. He helped out at that year’s Alternative Miss World, the brainchild of artist Andrew Logan, now an occasional collaborator and constant inspiration to Piers: ‘He helped me see the rich possibilities of free-form events and a ‘just do it’ attitude.’<br /><br />In 1999, Piers started with iconic fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, whom he assisted with art direction and in-house PR. ‘She instantly cured my conservative approach to colour!’ says Piers. When Rhodes became a client of PR powerhouse Mandi Lennard, Piers took a post there assisting Mandi, who gave him many of her unique insights into the fashion world.<br /><br />Piers launched his first collection of hats in February 2008 and has created collections every season since. He has collaborated with designers Ashish, Ashley Isham and Noki for runway presentations and has dressed such celebrities as Anna Dello Russo, Kate Moss, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Kelis, Cate Blanchett and Paloma Faith. The Princesses of York and Dame Shirley Basey have worn his hats at Ascot and he has had pieces in the V&A’s ‘Hats: an Anthology by Stephen Jones’ and ShowStudio’s exhibition ‘The Café’.<br /><br />Piers’s creations regularly appear in the pages of Vogue, Italian Vogue, V Magazine, Tatler and the London broadsheets. His hats are available across the globe – from Sister in Japan to Fenwick’s in London, via Joyce in Hong Kong and Alan Journo’s famous store in Milan.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.piersatkinson.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660557792518916514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnZhQ673Zd9hei0Ese5yoceIAGatXiPvk16-Lg899LfwFkRRmxaT0wWRfnKU8tVzZYM6IdtyoBkkzxMAo5Io4sCHfb_ySxk-PUBY3jGv0ZK57VmX_sHXicXp6h4aj3X5ajHi8bdpbcqOj/s400/home+logo.gif" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 40px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">all images and information courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.piersatkinson.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Piers Atkinson</a></span>

Millinery Gone Mad. Wild Hats, Headbands, Masks and More by Piers Atkinson.

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Kia uses Nail Art in a Stop-Motion Animation Film to Market the Picanto.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Sg026c3P1OmAuJgf_ITfVBagxCjTMkuYmIwDAT2qRKF4SpmXwO_OTnjesFZE_ROf7GyE3wvP6IkVgu04G1mG36226L9ilB3ejq722hDXEt6xFFlrczl2lu9E9a-HvekL6fAG5k5CqWWE/s1600/Kia+nail+animation.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638593551515096786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Sg026c3P1OmAuJgf_ITfVBagxCjTMkuYmIwDAT2qRKF4SpmXwO_OTnjesFZE_ROf7GyE3wvP6IkVgu04G1mG36226L9ilB3ejq722hDXEt6xFFlrczl2lu9E9a-HvekL6fAG5k5CqWWE/s400/Kia+nail+animation.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 332px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdEg9h2PPkpm6PBhz9w3mnIZ1RNgwtaxKcY4pLONccG_8jJIR8E83y0uu8PZA4q9iRcVteo7Ve9V8htIJiCLOBYaqwMHFT7oCHAhbPR3xo1teed5nW_oCF0nrXoRUNpO2abc6ORRE62i2/s1600/Kia+Picanto.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638690553082296098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdEg9h2PPkpm6PBhz9w3mnIZ1RNgwtaxKcY4pLONccG_8jJIR8E83y0uu8PZA4q9iRcVteo7Ve9V8htIJiCLOBYaqwMHFT7oCHAhbPR3xo1teed5nW_oCF0nrXoRUNpO2abc6ORRE62i2/s400/Kia+Picanto.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 448px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />To market the new <a href="http://www.kia-picanto.com/">KIA Picanto</a>, Kia Motors of Korea came up with a novel way to say "small." Using painted fingernails as stop motion animation to serve as a metaphor for packing things into a small vehicle.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPW_a_m9Cpg6qZy4skgJKOEmrVI6KfXZ4CDLpP1ZBdvfTq8S0gNAZhP3LogPGWTAr8koEARc1A0zvsuxsQg6OcHD2wpcORSiXr5VCQg2ELR-znJI-Agg25JNoV2A-280Y-icoQ9yddnsd/s1600/Kia+led+headlamp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638593344481282306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPW_a_m9Cpg6qZy4skgJKOEmrVI6KfXZ4CDLpP1ZBdvfTq8S0gNAZhP3LogPGWTAr8koEARc1A0zvsuxsQg6OcHD2wpcORSiXr5VCQg2ELR-znJI-Agg25JNoV2A-280Y-icoQ9yddnsd/s400/Kia+led+headlamp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 331px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye8ocxwP5KAR0iKXIZ6LXT7ZbCgLw7_uyhMFlq1fpretgu_gK5cVl34D1HgdVQi6Vq73ZRs2OiQ_f29CfwqRthMx39tMSnF9phZwHJT3afJeNAE8veJ1fGykujScb40hTC7KraiJU6OBs/s1600/Kia+rear+lamp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638593285446605298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye8ocxwP5KAR0iKXIZ6LXT7ZbCgLw7_uyhMFlq1fpretgu_gK5cVl34D1HgdVQi6Vq73ZRs2OiQ_f29CfwqRthMx39tMSnF9phZwHJT3afJeNAE8veJ1fGykujScb40hTC7KraiJU6OBs/s400/Kia+rear+lamp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 331px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJDRT2OReWe7acVuTdEpAHIycr7a1ILlno3JeX7SGb5nCHc6yYL04Mwk6-kt8H2Vu2a30hrSWlZvCHkVMMgQkBp7EYWv3y0LAaOpNVJKCEpsL0GY6sbG43AhdnJdyVoVhvi0LLYIYWPLd/s1600/Kia+airbags.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638594091970824498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJDRT2OReWe7acVuTdEpAHIycr7a1ILlno3JeX7SGb5nCHc6yYL04Mwk6-kt8H2Vu2a30hrSWlZvCHkVMMgQkBp7EYWv3y0LAaOpNVJKCEpsL0GY6sbG43AhdnJdyVoVhvi0LLYIYWPLd/s400/Kia+airbags.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 331px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNUwUrg04B8tV8pEqgbqhFF5ZTwfoZ0WKCZTVBM1FWhHp66p5i8dUD4u69FRuFcwX6oljbE811Gv10KTEH-ZsZDvuwnk2nieYgqWnMjeavcVM0JfIaRkmCoO-lHJ4IFUVRav947VuIZyw/s1600/Kia+nail+tagline.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638594673543989954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNUwUrg04B8tV8pEqgbqhFF5ZTwfoZ0WKCZTVBM1FWhHp66p5i8dUD4u69FRuFcwX6oljbE811Gv10KTEH-ZsZDvuwnk2nieYgqWnMjeavcVM0JfIaRkmCoO-lHJ4IFUVRav947VuIZyw/s400/Kia+nail+tagline.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 332px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The project took 25 days (and nights), 900 fingernails, 1200 bottles of nail polish and 2 hours to complete each piece of nail art.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmToTrsUd6wttMOBr44jOgk8VDIRbrOetrpdUEI1tofKFYNrmwOetCLjri8GKPpiRarcxZEmrnNtynwIQi0ayBx3P4VVPGvLCkfaZ_lNX8S9dLz2MznKyQAfIpud4omZiFRH445D1MB2i/s1600/kia+nail+art5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638594192279820194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmToTrsUd6wttMOBr44jOgk8VDIRbrOetrpdUEI1tofKFYNrmwOetCLjri8GKPpiRarcxZEmrnNtynwIQi0ayBx3P4VVPGvLCkfaZ_lNX8S9dLz2MznKyQAfIpud4omZiFRH445D1MB2i/s400/kia+nail+art5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 328px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The result is a video (cut as a :21 second teaser, a 1:13 second spot and a 2 minute director's cut)<br /><br /><br /><br />Full version:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9A_TX-rlfvU?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="427" width="530"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br />The director's cut, shown below, includes nails painted to call out features -like those shown below- as well as for the stop motion animation:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bJ_azpdymsc?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="427" width="530"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br />Images from the director's cut only:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnTKgs9H97q6hKmUJCs4d8gAJCUroWApnlmcX-LUyqp-PqgrNyqvDNV5jg_42zSMUUmR1Y5C_N0CSRLvFpGKYHirzbVWyaH3CREiUwDGiRB3vWnXvzHpSJFqwuhezJAM0z__-K8vqWFhF/s1600/Kia+bluetooth.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638593773079876914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnTKgs9H97q6hKmUJCs4d8gAJCUroWApnlmcX-LUyqp-PqgrNyqvDNV5jg_42zSMUUmR1Y5C_N0CSRLvFpGKYHirzbVWyaH3CREiUwDGiRB3vWnXvzHpSJFqwuhezJAM0z__-K8vqWFhF/s400/Kia+bluetooth.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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Kia uses Nail Art in a Stop-Motion Animation Film to Market the Picanto.

To market the new KIA Picanto , Kia Motors of Korea came up with a novel way to say "small." Using painted fingernails as stop mot...

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