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If you spend hours perfecting the coolest new nail art trends, from embellished to swirled and beyond, listen up. In celebration of its 15th anniversary, CND, the brand  behind many ahead-of-the-trend polish looks seen on runways around the globe, is offering you the chance to join its professional team of nail artists backstage at New York Fashion Week this September.

To enter, submit a photo of your original nail art design and tell us what fashions inspired the design in 100 words or less. The amazing Grand Prize includes a trip for you and a friend to New York City during Spring/Summer 2012 Fashion Week, where you can help CND create nails in their studio, assist backstage at a show, and watch a runway presentation accompanied by CND Co-Founder Jan Arnold and a Teen Vogue beauty editor. Not only that, but ten runners-up will score a collection of CND Colours and Effects. What are you waiting for? It’s time to showcase your creativity!

Enter the sweepstakes ASAP!

–ANNA COOPERBERG

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Looking for the hottest new denim trend? Check out fashion blogger
Christina’s top three favorites! Christina will be featured in Seventeen’s
Denim Awards in the August issue, so be sure to check her, and the other
featured girls, out! For more of Nicole’s unique style, check out her blog or tweet her questions @troprouge.

1. Red cropped pants by Rag and Bone:
I’ve always loved two things when it comes to fashion — the color red
and cropped pants. These pants are a slight orange color (a huge trend
right now), which I think might be even better than the typical
fire-engine red!

To check out Christina’s other denim looks, click “read more”!

New York City is the fashion capital of the world! This summer, Seventeen will be stopping some of the city’s most stylish fashionistas on the street (or should we say runway) to ask them what inspires their stand-out style.

Katia, 27:

17: Where
do you get your style inspiration?

Katia: [The French magazine] L’Officiel, catwalks.

 17: What
are your summer must-have pieces?

Katia: Colorful
flats, jean shorts, and a white linen dress.

 17: Where
is the most stylish place to be this summer?

Katia: Being
in New York is always very stylish. Ibiza for the summer.

 Photo Credit: Kathryn Wirsing

The best swimsuit coverups!

The hottest stars from Miranda Cosgrove to Selena Gomez turned heads this week. Check out their stand-out looks and try out a few of these trends yourself!