A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.

Jennifer Lopez's crystal-adorned butterfly nail art, courtesy of her go-to manicurist Tom Bachik, is so Y2K-coded.

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Everywhere you look, famous fingertips are topped off with the subtlest of nail polishes—glazed creams, sheer champagnes, ...