When did french manicures really start to get popular?

Didn't they start in like the 20's or 30's? When did a lot of people start getting them?When did french manicures really start to get popular?
My mom used to get them in the 40's, but back then they used a white stick [which you can still purchase today].





IMO they reached popularity amongst the masses in the mid 80's and still are very classic and popular today. In fact I plan to get a French tomorrow evening when I go for my two week manicure.When did french manicures really start to get popular?
Thanks! - got my French and plan to get my toes done French just before my August vacation :-)

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According to the article at this link, French manicures may have originated in 18th-century Paris and were popular in the 1920s and 1930s. My father said that his mother and aunts had French manicures in the late 1920's. The current trend started around 1980.





I like the look, but cannot do it myself, so I just use clear or slightly tinted transparent polish and one of those white pencils. The effect is pretty close and a lot less expensive than a professional manicure.
I remember getting my first French manicure in the early 90's, and it was a new style, at least here in the US.





I remember my mom would do her nails, and at the base of the nail, where you sort of have a moon shape that is lighter in color, that didn't get any polish on it. It took forever to do your nails that way because you had to be so careful not to get polish on that area. This was probably in the 1950's.
Yep, the white pencil was the origin. I remember it well. My Grandmother said it started around the ealy 30's to show the difference of ladies of leisure and working women. You would give yourself a manicure, do your cuticles. file your nails neatly. Then use a buffer to make them shiny. Then moisten the white pencil and run it under the nails. Clear or a very, very sheer polish was used. When Sally Hanson's ';Hard As Nails'; came out, they had a polish that was basically clear but with a kind of natural pink tint. Then when Barbara Streisand started with her $ 100.00 french manicures with white polish, everyone had to have them. That was about the same time girls started changing the shape. All fashion repeats itself, fades out and comes around again. With just enough change so designers can make money%26gt; from oval to square tip.
80's.i dislike it-the square look of the nail and the chunk of cream color across the top,yuk.i think the squareness shortens the look of someones fingers,if u have short chunky fingers already,not a good thing! i wear mid-length,oval nails(my own)with a muted pink,usually.i think it lengthens the appearance of my chubby little digits.
I did my nails in the late, late 80's early 90's and this is still popular, I like the look, it looks clean and neat.
It started in the 80's. It came in strong and is still around.