Platinum is the new black

09/26/2012 by chicquero

IN A FLASH Hair editorial for Highlights #37 the world’s definitive hair, fashion and beauty magazine inspiring stylists and make-up artists around the globe. Some of the most exciting fashion photographers together with hair and make-up artists from the fashion capitals of the world collaborate on exclusive photo shoots for HIGHLIGHTS to create an exhilarating visual experience. As well as ‘hair in fashion’, they have also selected commercial and creative colour, trends and techniques from the collections of award-winning salons internationally. Photographer […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: beauty, colour, editorial, Fashion, hair, haircut, hairstyles, highlights, magazine, make-up, photography, platinum, style, trends, Yulia Gorbachenko

Olympic logo a day

12/13/2011 by chicquero

Olympics, Let the games begin Super project from our friend Olympic Logo a Day, they got the coolest Olympic countdown: an Olympic Rings logo remade every day as they countdown to London 2012 (can´t wait). Sarah Hyndman´s is the artist behind these alternative design suggestions for the London 2012 Olympic rings. I love how  creative,  unexpected and colourful they are. The design of the official Olympic flag, which is five interconnected rings on a white background, was created Pierre de Coubertin in […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 2012, art, campaign, logo, london, olympic, photography, rings, sarah hyndman, trends, world

Get used and abused!

12/05/2011 by chicquero

Used Magazine Used is a new London-based biannual publication focusing on the interaction between Fashion and Art. Everything that Chicquero loves, great imagery and awesome content. You can buy them online, they cost only £3.00, so worth it! 98% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first – and the other 2% are lying. David Remnick >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Blanc and Noir Masque Ball Edgy Weirdo? Maroon 69 Black and white power 

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, black, cool, culture, Design, Fashion, magazine, trends, used, white

The spirit of Kyoto

11/25/2011 by chicquero

Arigato Kyoto!  Hotel Kanra is part of a selection of the world´s top new hotels for Condé Nast Traveler´s 2011 hot list, check it out why they made it to the list. The fabulous hotel is located in Kyoto, Japan. “KAN” in “KANRA” stems from the letter “Kan” (experience) and “RA” comes from the letter “Raku” (City). It´s a Hotel where you can “Experience” the spirit of this “City” that embraces the beauty, wisdom, and hospitality of Japan. This 29-room hotel is […]

Categories: Design • Tags: achitecture, art, arte, bamboo, chic, Condé Nast Traveler´s, contemporary, culture, Design, designer, hospitality, hotel, Hotel Kanra, ikebana, interiors, Japan, japanese, kyoto, marketing, modern, photography, rooms, style, styling, stylist, travel, trends, viagem

Les Promises De L´hiver

11/23/2011 by chicquero

Les Promises De L´hiver – Promises In The Winter Christian Louboutin in collaboration with photographer Peter Lippmann to recreate a series of iconic images,  juxtaposing the shoe label’s fall-winter collection with portraits inspired by classic paintings.  Les Promises De L’Hiver, with each one showcasing a Louboutin design from the autumn/winter 2011 collection. In a celebration of the Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, femininity, naturalism and elegance. A feast for the eye, from Georges de la Tour’s “Magdalene and the Flame” to Jean-Marc Nattier portraits, the images pay homage […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: advertising, art, Baroque, campaign, chic, Christian Louboutin, classic, collection, culture, Design, designer, editorial, elegance, Fashion, femininity, Impressionist, Les Promises De L´hiver, marketing, Moda, naturalism, paintings, Peter Lippmann, photographer, photography, photos, renaissance, shoes, style, stylist, trends, vintage

A slap in the face for Society

11/22/2011 by chicquero

I´m a huge fan of great drawings and illustrations, especially those expressing some great satire. The Polish artist Paul Kuczynski (he needs to improve his website), has a great hand, not to mention his great mind. Take a minute to analyse each of the following images, they all have a great cause and a truthful message behind. In my opinion, his work is very well done in terms of colours, form and production. There is a social political commentary communicated and […]

Categories: Artsy, Laugh • Tags: art, arte, chic, cultura, culture, Design, drawings, draws, illustration, message, paul kuczynski, political, problem, social, society, sustainable, trends, vegan, vegetarian, world

Mustache Monday

11/21/2011 by chicquero

Mustache Freaks Mustache is that facial hair grown on the outer surface of the upper lip. It may or may not be accompanied by a type of beard, a facial hair style grown and cropped to cover most of the lower half of the face. The word “moustache” derives from 16th century French moustache, which in turn is derived from the Italian mostaccio.  Dave Mead is an Austin, Texas-based (why I’m not surprised?) photographer who shoots advertising and editorial with a primary focus on the […]

Categories: Laugh, Photography • Tags: art, arte, austin, barber, barber shop, beard, cool, culture, dave mead, Design, extreme, facial hair, freak, haircuts, hispter, mostaccio, moustache, movember, mustache, photographer, photography, photos, razor, salon, shaving, style, styling, stylish, texas, trends, types, vintage, weird, wtf

Not Frankenstein, call me Frankie!

11/20/2011 by chicquero

Frankenstein It’s Alive Project Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel about a failed experiment that created a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, the first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818, she was 21. Shelley’s name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823. Frankenstein’s monster have influenced popular culture for at least 100 years. The character of the monster remains one of the most […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: art, arte, chic, culture, Design, designer, Frankenstein, horror, mary shelley, monster, movies, Movies & Cinema, novel, percy bysshe shelley, photo, photography, photos, pop art, pop icon, popular culture, the modern prometheus, trends

Holiday tease..

11/19/2011 by chicquero

Loewe Holiday Collection 2011/2012 What a brilliant campaign from Loewe’s, the spanish luxury brand specialized in high quality leather goods and accessories. They have been around since 1846, and lately, they are doing a really good marketing job. The following shoot is part of a very creative campaign to increase their holiday sales, I’m sure they will be fine! I love the simplicity and the colors contrasts with the pieces. These could be great displays, windows and a possible animated viral “stop […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: accessories, ads, advertising, art, arte, campaign, campanha, chic, culture, Design, designer, display, Fashion, holiday collection, leather, loewe, luxury, marketing, Moda, photo, photographer, photography, style, trends, window

Innocence avec Elegance!

11/18/2011 by chicquero

Innocentia Susanne Bisovsky commenced her fashion studies with Vivienne Westwood (fabulous “university”). Amongst others she is presently designing for Sportalm Kitzbühel. For her own Haute Couture-Collections, Susanne Bisovsky reworks special pieces over years, putting them into a new context.  Her prêt-à-porter line is available in the continuously expanding. This Haute Couture collection, called Innocentia, was  shot by the photographers Peter Olschinsky and Verena Weiss. The dresses and the photography are beautiful and really original! So theatrical, love every single detail! A girl should be two […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, chic, classy, culture, Design, designer, Fashion, haute, haute couture, innocentia, Moda, peter olschinsky, photo, photography, style, styling, susanne bisovsky, theatrical, trends, verena weiss, vintage

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

Toy Train, care for a ride?

11/16/2011 by chicquero

Omocha Densha – Toy Train The japanese designer Eiji Mitooka (couldn’t find his website for credits) created a child-friendly public transportation. The artistic force behind a regional train which travel on a daily basis on the 14.3km Kishigawa line in Japan. The unique train is called the Omocha Densha (Omoden or Omo), briefly translated as the Toy Train. It looks like a playhouse for kids, the train equipped with a Gacha Machine for those little kids to churn out a little toy. […]

Categories: Design • Tags: anime, art, arte, cartoons, comics, culture, Design, designer, eiji mitooka, Japan, japanese, kishigawa, line, marketing, omo, omoden, omosha densha, photo, photographer, photography, public transportation, style, subway, toy train, toys, train, trends, trip

Dreaming in a pragmatic way.

11/15/2011 by chicquero

Dream Sequence Madame Peripetie aka Sylwana Zybura is a polish photographer based in Germany. The conceptual photographer is greatly influenced by Surrealism, Dadaism as well as the new wave era of the ’80s, British post punk scene and the avant-garde theater. I love her dreamy sequence, very out of this world. Sylwana explores the boundaries between fashion, photography and the human essence, experimenting through different colors, shapes and feelings. So peculiar, strange and beautiful, at the same time. Keep dreaming.. […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: art, arte, chic, crazy, culture, dadaism, Design, Fashion, fotografia, Madame Peripetie, Moda, photo, photographer, photography, photos, surreal, surrealism, trends

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

11/11/11

11/11/2011 by chicquero

1 (one) One is a number, a numeral, and the name of the glyph representing that number. It represents a single entity, the unit of counting or measurement. 11/11/11 Today is the last binary date of the 21st century (no need to cry my numerologist geeks). Friday 11/11/11 is a powerful date if you believe in the power of the numbers.  I believe it is a good date to start something new, or to finish an old habit. What about.. Startin a volunteer job? […]

Categories: Design • Tags: 1, 11/11/11, art, calendar, campaign, cool, culture, Design, eleven, geek, hum, Math, november, number, numerologist, once, one, onze, photo, photography, trends, uno

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

Coolest minimal movie posters!

11/08/2011 by chicquero

Frankly, my dear, I don´t give a damn!!! ~Gone with the wind 1939 

Categories: Design • Tags: art, arte, blockbuster, classic, culture, Design, designer, editorial, minimal, movie, movies, photo, photographer, photography, photos, posters, style, trends, vintage

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