Flashy, sassy, tacky, it´s Terry!

05/07/2012 by chicquero

The Girl Can’t Help It Candice Swanepoel gets sassy for Vogue Japan june 2012 issue, shot by the cheeky photographer Terry Richardson. Wearing a large mass of blonde curls courtesy of hair stylist Duffy (Streeters), Candice has a blast in eighties -sort of tacky- inspired looks styled by George Cortina. Posing alongside oversize props the South African beauty sports flashy spring pieces from the likes of Balmain, Emilio Pucci, Christopher Kane and Prada. / Makeup by Frank B I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: candice, candice swanepoel, cover, Fashion, Japan, magazine, model, sexy, tacky, Terry Richardson, Vogue

Barbie Fashion Model Collection

04/04/2012 by chicquero

Barbie Fashion model collection:  The most prestigious line of Barbie dolls available, the BFMC celebrates the doll´s glamorous heritage and style from the golden era of Hollywood to modern-day Paris. For over a decade, this award-winning collection has captured the essence of high fashion with intricately crafted and beautifully tailored clothing, richly designed jewelry and highly detailed accessories. Walking Suit Barbie wears a finely tailored black-and-white houndstooth suit featuring a cinch-waist jacket and pencil skirt. A crisp white-collar and bow […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: barbie, barbie fashion, BFMC, collection, doll, Fashion, houndstooth, luxury, model, robert best, style, suit

Kate Moss with a Brazilian swag

02/19/2012 by chicquero

Miss Moss is looking fantastic in Vogue Brazil’s 36th anniversary, may 2011 issue. Rocking barely nothing, in a very tropical Brazilian vibe, photographed over 5 days in Rio and Sao Paulo, the issue features a bumper 60 pages of the British supermodel. This is the reason why we love Kate Moss. Effortlessly sexy! Photrographer: Mario Testino (amen!) Make-up: Lloyd Simmonds. I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Brasil, brazil, brazilian, Kate Moss, Lloyd Simmonds, mario testino, model, nude, sexy, summer, Vogue

A flower in the desert

02/07/2012 by chicquero

Desert Flower A fabulous day in the desert. The weather was grey and very heavy. Beautiful mountains of Hatta near Dubai; Photographer: Susanne Spiel Make up & Hair: Sophie Anntherese Stylist: Chrystel Plischke-Livolsi Assistant stylist: Pearl- Mareva Hippolyte Location & production: Chrystel Plischke-Livolsi Publication: News Exklusiv My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.” – Waris Dirie, Desert Flower >>>YOU MAY […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: desert, desert flower, dubai, editorial, Fashion, flower, hatta, model, photography, susanne spiel

7 days in Tibet

12/30/2011 by chicquero

Seven days in Tibet Harper’s Bazaar Indonesia goes to the country of Tibet for its November issue. The shoot was inspired by Tibetan culture and landscape, fashion editor Michael Pondaag selected a colorful wardrobe, mixed patterns and paired with strong silhouettes for a fierce effect. The story showcases everything from Tibet’s mountain valleys to its famous yaks. The Asian model Zhang Fan is gorgeous and has an awesome peaceful expression. Credits: Harper’s Bazaar Indonesia November 2010 Photography: Nicoline Patricia Malina Fashion […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: asian, Fashion, Hair Make Up, Harpers Bazaar, Indonesia, Michael Pondaag, model, Nicoline Patricia Malina, november, photography, Qiqi Franky, stylist, tibet, Zhang Fan

Semi-synthetic Naomi

12/12/2011 by chicquero

Life is plastic A “plasticized” and bald, Naomi Campbell covers Soon International’s Issue. Naomi was shot by French photographer and filmmaker Seb Janiak. She is covered in chains, metallic, gorgeous necklaces and a plastic skin. All these photos will also be within the book committed to the works of the author. Janiak is amongst the pioneers of digital photography with retouching, he mastered the arts of digital manipulation. He started his profession in 1986, works mainly in the world of fashion, film and […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, digital photography, Fashion, magazine, model, naomi campbell, plastic, seb janiak, soon international, top

Live the life you imagined… at least the day dream!

11/22/2011 by chicquero

It’s called “Day Dream”! This stunning editorial just came out of the oven straight to December issue of Vogue Germany. Cover model Karlie Kloss takes on eastern inspired fashion for this dreamy story. Shot by super talented  Alexi Lubomirski, Karlie is an alluring vision in the designs of  Gucci, Chloé, Chanel, Nina Ricci, Céline, Dior, Valentino, Roberto Cavalli and others. She is showing off a more mature and sophisticated side of her as well as this gorgeous kinda floral accessories! […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: accessories, Alexi Lubomirski, American beauty, american model, celine, Chanel, day dream, Dior, dreams, Fashion, Fashion editorial, floral, flowers, German, Gucci. Chloé, Karlie Kloss, madam's dog, magical dreams, model, Nina Ricci, photo shoot, puppy, roberto cavalli, styling, Vogue Germany

You better do what you want!

11/18/2011 by chicquero

Chameleonic top model Freja Beha Erichsen (OMG… she can even look good in a short spiky platinum blonde hairstyle) gets into a punk mode  for this powerful and edgy story “Think Punk”. Shot by amazing photographer Mario Sorrenti coming from the pages of Vogue Paris 90th anniversary edition (October 2010). Love the softness of the evening gowns blending with the edginess overall… the styling is beyond unbelievable! We love Freja Beha as well as we love Mario. Check out some […]

Categories: Fashion, Photography • Tags: decadent, edginess, edgy, editorial, fashion lovers, fashion photographer, fashion photography, fashionista, freedom, Freja Beha, Freja Beha Erichsen, Glam punk, God bless America, groovy, hairstyle, live it up, Mario Sorrenti, model, photo, photography, powerful shots, punk, spikes, spiky hair, studded belts, studded jacket, studs, think punk, top model, wtf

Killing colors and blocking time!

11/17/2011 by chicquero

Killing Time Great color blocking shoot for Vogue Italia, fashion photographer Lucia Giacani,  did a great editorial for for Vogue June 2011 issue. Currently Lucia lives and works as a freelance fashion photographer in Milan, collaborating, amongst others with the following magazines: Vogue Gioiello, Vogue Pelle, Vanity Fair, Vogue Accessory, VS, No.ise & Twill. The model Ekaterina Detcheva has a very clean, sort of androgynous look, which I love, not to mention, her great red hair. This shoot is quite fabulous because of the […]

Categories: Fashion, Photography • Tags: art, arte, bruno tarsia, campaign, chic, color block, color blocking, culture, david jones, Design, designer, Dinalva Barros, editorial, Ekaterina Detcheva, Fashion, green apple, kilian marin, Lucia Giacani, milano, Moda, model, photo, photographer, photography, photos, style, styling, stylish, trends, Vogue, Vogue Italia

Optical Illusion

11/14/2011 by chicquero

Optical Ilusion Great editorial for the British Idol Magazine (check it out the whole shoot and the complete look details). The world-renowned photographer Adam Richardson created these images inspired by the effect of optical illusion. I was wondering if they are 3-D.  I wouldn´t mind to have some Pierre Braganza, Junya Watanabe, Finsk, Topshop, Christian Louboutin, Peter Jensen, and etc, jumping out of my screen! Come to me baby, come to mamma! Credits Magazine Idol Photography by Adam Richardson Styled by Simone La Rose and Gabrielle Stival […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: 3-d, 3D, adam richardson, art, arte, campaign, chic, culture, Design, designer, editorial, effect, emily mergaert, Fashion, gabrielle stival, graphic design, idol magazine, kim roy, Moda, model, optical illusion, photo, photographer, photography, photos, simone la rose, style, styling, stylish, trends

Artsy husband & wife.

11/12/2011 by chicquero

One of our fav photographers of all time Miles Aldridge explores the theme of “artist and model” for his photobook. Love the fact that Kristen McMenamy is “the star”, she’s so unique and intriguing and also happens to be Aldridge’s wife. The book is a collaboration with painter Chantal Joffe, featuring watercolor and oil paintings, as well as ink . A must have for all photography, fashion and art lovers. Check it out! “Reason is powerless in the expression of Love”. Rumi

Categories: Fashion • Tags: arte, artistic nudity, artwork, Chantal Joffe, fashion lovers, fashion photography, fashionista, husband, intriguing, Kristen McMenamy, Miles Aldridge, Moda, model, naked, nude, oil painting, painting, photo, photographer, photography, star, style, watercolor, wife

This summer is just another chapter

11/10/2011 by chicquero

The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever . The great fashion photographer Zee Nunes, shot this clean poolside editorial for the first issue of Harper’s Bazaar Brasil (welcome to Brazil HBB, we love you). The Brazilian gorgeous, 33 years old model, Shirley Mallmann looks fierce in a classy look with a sporty vibe. I love the color blocked, applied by the stylist Renata Correa. With a slick blonde hair, Shirley dominates the minimalist white architecture, in the mean time, seduces […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, brazil, campaign, campanha, color block, culture, Design, designer, editorial, Fashion, Harpers Bazaar, Harpers Bazaar brasil, minimalist, Moda, model, photographer, photography, photos, renata correa, shirley mallmann, style, stylist, summer, tendência, trends, zee nunes

CAN PARTY till the world ends…

11/08/2011 by chicquero

“It’s the end of the world, baby!” is latest edition (2012) of the powerful and iconic Campari calendar.  Inspired by the Mayan prediction that the world will end on 21 December 2012, the Italian drink company’s calendar features a series of photos where stunning Milla Jovovich is portrayed in many different ways of “end of the world”  scenes.  The striking images were shot by fashion and advertising French photographer Dimitri Daniloff. Milla is wearing haute couture garments and jewelry by […]

Categories: Fashion, Photography • Tags: 2012, 2012 edition, actress, beverages, Bob Kunze-Concewitz, bottle of Campari, calendar, Campari, cinema, cocktails, Dimitri Daniloff, drink, drinking alcohol, drinks, end of the world, Italian company, Italian drink, marketing, Mayan, Mayan prediction, Mayan theory, Messika, Milla Jovovich, model, movies, Paco Rabanne, party, Stéphane Rolland, Swarovski, till the world ends, Yann Weber

Screenplay

11/07/2011 by chicquero

Susie Q + Leo Siboni Suzie and Leo are a couple of young artists and fashion photographers. Although Suzie studied graphic design in art school and Leo focused on film studies, it is actually in the photo section of the Gobelins School in Paris that they confessed their common taste for B and Z movies. Directed like feature films, their fashion series are full of cinematic references, ranging from the French New Wave to John Carpenter or even Ford style […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, arte, cinema, culture, designer, editorial, Fashion, film, fotografia, leo siboni, Moda, model, movie, photo, photographer, photography, photos, screen, screenplay, susie q, susie q + leo siboni, trends, vintage, western

Let the games begin

11/05/2011 by chicquero

Elle Rush Hour Julius Bramanto, fashion and commercial photographer based in Asia and Europe, shot this sports editorial for Elle Magazine – Indonesia. The Olympic games are coming, get ready to rock your ‘sportish’ outfit. The contrast of the colors really got me , not to mention, the work of lighting and shadows. Enjoy pS.: I love these white chunky heels, perfect to kick some balls. lol Credits Magazine: Elle Indonesia Photography: Julius Bramanto Fashion Editor: Anindita Saryuf Make Up: Andy Chun […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: andy chun, anindita saryuf, art, ball, campaign, culture, designer, editorial, Elle magazine, Fashion, fifa world cup, football, fotografia, games, Indonesia, julius bramanto, Moda, model, olympics, photo, photographer, photography, photos, soccer, sports, stylish, tessar, trends, vtm, zoya

Industrial summer in a tropical bikini!

11/03/2011 by chicquero

Tropical Future for Elle Brazil Fabulous photographer Manuel Nogueira, based in São Paulo – Brazil, captured a juicy, tropical themed shoot for the november issue of Elle Brazil. Sexy Brazilian bikini models presented in this editorial:  Carmelita Mendes and Barbara di Creddo.  Styled by the fabulous editor Susana Barbosa. The duo amazes us combining a rusty industrial landscape with a colorful botanical setting. These girls love to show off some sexy swimwear for the new season. Yeah, it´s summer time in Brazil (get jealous Northern Hemisphere)! […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, barbara di creddo, bikini, campaign, carmelita mendes, chic, culture, Design, diego américo, editorial, elle brazil, Elle magazine, Fashion, industrial, make-up, manuel nogueira, Moda, model, photo, photographer, photography, photos, styling, summer, susana barbosa, trends, tropical

An alternative that’s full of dreams

11/02/2011 by chicquero

WILD AND TAME… IN A SECRET GARDEN..  EXPLORING WONDERLAND..  MIRROR MOVEMENT..  Monki Image Campaign SS11 Fabulous storytelling from Monki SS11 campaign, filled with treasures! To step into one of them is to step into a part of the Monki World: the strange mirror movement, the surreal explored wonderland, the secrets of their secret garden, and the sickness of a wild and tame park. Monki is doing life and doing fashion, it is a store concept and a fashion brand. The stores are a […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: 11, 2011, ads, advertising, aorta, art, arte, campaign, chic, culture, Design, designer, editorial, Fashion, fashion shoot, fotografia, green, make-up, marketing, Moda, model, monki, photo, photo shoot, photography, photos, shoot, spring, style, summer, surreal, sustainable, trends, wild

Snow as a luxury you wear

11/01/2011 by chicquero

Teen Vogue Ski Vacation Snow day: sporty geometric winter knits. Ski bunny, with sleek boards, chill sweaters, and furry boots, you’ll be itching to hit the slopes (or at least look like you are). I love winter fashion shoots, the colors in contrast with the white landscape are phenomenal, these reminds us our stay in Lake Tahoe. I wish we had snow in Brazil, so we could rock on board. Oh btw, the bright lipstick is sensational. Photographed by Raymond Meier. […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, campaign, chic, culture, Design, designer, editorial, Fashion, make-up, Moda, model, moon boots, photographer, photography, photos, raymond meier, resort, ski, snow, snowboard, style, styling, stylish, stylist, teen, teen vogue, tendência, trends, Vogue

Trick or treat? Trick!

10/31/2011 by chicquero

Tim Burton’s Magical Fashion Halloween, a contraction of All-Hallows-Eve, is an annual festival observed on October 31.  Some cool traditions such as “trick or treating”, costume parties, and carving lanterns from real pumpkins which are now cultivated specially for this purpose. (Check it out the post about the Art of Pumpkin carving). I love this fabulous, creepy shoot directed by Tim Burton (Tim’s website is fantastic),  and shot by the great photographer Tim Walker. Can’t go wrong with a double, surreal dose […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, arte, campaign, costume, culture, Design, designer, editorial, Fashion, halloween, model, october 31, photo, photographer, photography, pumpkin, scary, style, stylish, tim burton, tim walker, trends, trick or treat

Soviet Fashion Times

10/30/2011 by chicquero

Ulyana Sergeenko Ulyana Sergeenko is a fashion designer from Russia. This is her strong debut in the fashion world with her new collection autumn/winter 2011-12, also featured in VOGUE Russia (check it out the other fabulous looks).The collection is inspired by 1950’s, Soviet times. I would describe a collection as a chic Stilyagi (lit. “stylish”, “style hunter”) were primarily distinguished by their snappy or fashionable clothing, considered politically incorrect and contrary to the communist-socialist realities of the time, and fascination with modern […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: 1950, art, campaign, chic, communist, cultura, culture, Design, designer, editorial, Fashion, make-up, Moda, model, photo, photographer, photography, roupa, Russia, sapatos, socialist, soviet, stilyagi, styling, stylish, stylist, trends, ulyana sergeenko, vintage, Vogue, vogue russia

Royal purple known as generic purple!

10/27/2011 by chicquero

Purple Wonderland Kirsty Mitchell is a fashion photographer from Kent, England. Her beautiful purple hue with overwhelming elegant concepts labeled as ‘Wonderland’. Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. In art, purple is the color on the color wheel between magenta and violet and its tints and shades, purple is also associated with royalty and nobility. So here is a blast of Violet and lavender for you to keep your spirits up, brilliant, stunning work. I can hardly stand to take my […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, arte, campaign, color, colors, culture, Design, designer, editorial, Fashion, fotografia, kirsty mitchell, lavander, Moda, model, photo, photographer, photography, photos, purple, stylist, trends, violet, wheel, wonderland