Girl Code
Say this ten times fast: decorating your digits can make a digital difference.
High Five
Here's a staggering statistic: when polled in middle school, 74 percent of girls express an interest in science, technology, engineering and math, but by the time they reach high school and are asked what their college major will be, less than 1 percent choose computer science.
Well, Glamour Magazine and the manicure mavens at NCLA have decided to change that.
Nailed It
Hand in hand with four top designers -- Peter Som, Derek Lam, L'Wren Scott and Bibhu Mohapatra -- NCLA and Glamour offer the NCLA X Glamour collection: a quartet of couture nail wraps to perfect a polish-free manicure. $5 from each sale benefits Girls Who Code, a nonprofit working to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors.
Why We Love It
We're fans of girl power in general, but when two fashion-forward powerhouses join forces and encourage young women to chase their dreams and break through gender stereotypes, we can't help but put our hands together in a huge round of applause.
Snap up a set for yourself for just $16 here or at select Barney's Co-op stores.
More about Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code is a national nonprofit that educates, inspires and equips young women with the skills and resources to pursue academic and career opportunities in computing fields.
The U.S. Department of Labor projects that by 2020, there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings. To reach gender parity by 2020, women must fill half of these positions, or 700,000 computing jobs. Girls Who Code aims to provide computer science education and exposure to 1 million young women by the year 2020.
