Monthly Archives: December 2011

Going backwards…

12/31/2011 by chicquero

Today is the last day of the year, so we thought it was fair to go backwards on Chicquero‘s archives to bring up some of our fav images. Considering we founded our blog this year, all images are related to our posts. It has not been such a long time, but we already built a huge archive full of great imagery! We would like to thank you all for really giving us the chance of showing you our vision of […]

Categories: Artsy, Design, Fashion, Laugh, Photography • Tags: 2011, 2012, art, artsy blog, backwards, cool, Fashion editorial, Happy New Year, photography, pop art, retrospective, trendy, typography

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Champagne meets art!

12/31/2011 by chicquero

WELCOME 2012! Zarb is a very interesting champagne brand from France. Zarb is French slang for bizarre (not surprised), and so are their incredible bottles. The design is very unconventional for what you usually expect! The brand was introduced by the Amsterdam-based communications agency THEY. The bottles were turned into a creative medium by asking different artists to design their own bottle. The artists were given complete freedom to create their fashionable bottle. Zarb is slowly expanding its distribution around the globe, I’m sure they are going […]

Categories: Design • Tags: bottle, branding, champagne, cool, Design, french, packging, they agency, zarb

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

Intergalactic!

12/30/2011 by chicquero

Well… the chances of a stylish intergalactic lady landing in the British countryside are a million to one. But still she comes dressed up very elegantly, fashionable as well as other worldy! This is “The Lady Who Fell to Earth” featuring Kinga Rajzak shot by amazing Tim Walker and styled by Kate Phelan for Vogue UK Oct 09. Watch out for some very fashionable “other world´s beings” around your backyard… “It´s more fun to think that there are other worlds.” Katherine Heigl >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Oh my galaxy! Ménage à trois Kinda […]

Categories: Fashion, Photography • Tags: British countryside, Earth, Fashion, fashion photography, futuristic, galaxy, intergalactic, Kate Phelan, Kinjga Rajsak, stylish, tim walker, UFO, Vogue UK

Every single angle can be art.

12/29/2011 by chicquero

Mr. Philipp Klinger This is a collection created by Philipp Klinger (he’s nothing but a genius photographer) that showcases architecture in a very geometric way, mixing shapes, patterns, textures. Mr. Klinger travels the world seeking great angles and different kinds of inspiration. He’s not all about geometry, this is just a side of his work, he’s also totally into nature and the city. It’s quite impressive. Love the lines, swirls, angles, the chosen spots, his prospective when shooting… eye candy! […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: architecture, artistic eye, cool angles, cool lines, geometry, patterns, Philipp Klinger, photography, right spot, shapes, textures, worldwide

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Opposite attraction

12/29/2011 by chicquero

I believe unresolved patterns attract In America (and all over the world), the chasm between rich and poor is growing, the Clash between conservatives and liberals is strengthening, and even good and evil seem more polarized than ever before. At the heart of this collection of diptychs is my desire to remind us that we were all equal, until our environment, circumstances, of fate molded and weathered us into whom we have become. “Created equals does not airbrush out the scars […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: american, extreme, groups, mark laita, opposites, people, photography, tribes

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Ladylike and the other way around.

12/28/2011 by chicquero

Always a Lady Meghan Collison ( she´s the new face of Prada) poses in very classy and cool ladylike looks for the January edition of Vogue Russia. In front of Ben Toms’s lens in a kinda domestic setting, Meghan sports a wardrobe of elegant looks and lingerie inspired pieces from the likes of Miu Miu, Dolce & Gabbana and Jean Paul Gaultier, impecably styled by Katie Shillingford (kudos). Love the colors, eyewear, Miss Meghan´s attitude and background… Fresh and gorgeous! “You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Ben Toms, fashion photography, freshness, Katie Shillingford, lady, ladylike, Meghan Collison, priviet, styling, vintage style, vogue russia

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Vans are still cool!

12/28/2011 by chicquero

Vans and the places where they were California Vans is presented by the filmmaker and photographer Joe Stevens. This project documents surviving custom and conversion vans across the West and examines the dialogue which exists between a van’s design aesthetic and that of its surrounding environment. The project began in 1996 and currently consists of hundreds of images shot on 120 film. Over the course of the project the vans themselves have become more and more of a rarity. The reasons are as simple […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: california, cars, cool, Joe stevens, old school, photography, rare, vans, Vans and the places where they were, vintage

Beauty meets art.

12/27/2011 by chicquero

Alexander Straulino for sure knows how to take a beauty shoot to the next level… totally thinking outside the box with the elements he has been using to acomplish his work such as dust, liquids, paint, newspaper just to mention a few! He understands beauty in a very particular way where beauty meets art. Faces turn out into real masterpieces! “Straulino’s pictures are unique. With his eagerness to experiment and his courage to try new things he partially alienates pictures so that […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: Alexander Straulino, artistic, beauty, beauty shoot, dusty, editorial, elements, innovative, make-up, models, newspaper, outside the box, paint, portfolio

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Fantasy way of life

12/27/2011 by chicquero

Parallel Universe Elena Zhukova is the photographer behind this creative series of conceptual photographs. The purpose of her photographs is to illustrate the magnitude and vast range of human character and individuality in fictitious ways. She draws parallels between individuals she meets, or see, in real life and cartoon-type characters and envision in her fantasies. Some ideas are inspired by paintings, some are based on movies and books and some find their roots in the depth of my imagination without […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: conceptual, cool, elena zhukova, fantasy, fiction, photographer, photography, pictures, wtf

Food Alphabet, Yummy

12/26/2011 by chicquero

Typefruitography A cool series of the letters of the alphabet carved into the item of food that it corresponds to. Garret Steider is the artist behind this fun alphabet. Steider is an aspiring communication design student, he will be attending the University of North Texas in the Fall of 2011 for Communication Design. Garret determined to make it in the world of design! Good luck buddy When I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off. Vanna […]

Categories: Design • Tags: alphabet, cooking, food, fruits, gastronomy, letters, letters of the alphabet, type

Another minimal shot of other random spots.

12/25/2011 by chicquero

I know almost everybody is still in the Christmas mode but when I saw Josef Schulz´s work I fell in love (deeply in love) that I had to show his simple, minimal and gorgeous imagery. It reminds me of German photographer Klaus Leontjew (we already posted his work) but very particular and unique. Here is a mixed selection of works from his “Sachliches” and “Formen” groups of work. In these works he photographs actual industrial architecture and edits in order to place these buildings in a […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: computerized, Formen, imagery, industrial buildings, Josef Schulz, minimal, minimalistic, photographer, pictorial, random spots, Sachliches

Merry Fashion Christmas

12/24/2011 by chicquero

“Roll Out the Red“ Fabulous model Katja Verheul in a fashion Ménage with her Santas, apparently, she was not a very good girl this year. They were shot (in North Pole) by the British photographer Yuval Hen. This great editorial was part of an article for Financial Times: How to Spend It, a cool website of worldly pleasures from the FT’s award-winning luxury lifestyle magazine. I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: christmas, Fashion, katja verheul, merry, red, santa, Santa Claus, xtmas, Yuval hen

Merry after party Xmas!

12/24/2011 by chicquero

This is a messy, kinda weird and very funny shoot for A Decent Idea online mag. Martin Beck shot this awesome entourage with designs of Dsquared2, Alexander McQueen, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren among other great ones! I guess they are having some fun after Xmas dinner and Secret Santa ( can´t wait to play it tonite. Love it!). After party is always cool until you realize you´re exausted and can´t handle anymore… but it´s nice, sometimes embarassing to remember(if you can) […]

Categories: Fashion, Laugh • Tags: A Decent Idea, after party, christmas, Christmas dinner, cool, entourage, fashion brands, Martin Beck, Merry Christmas, party, photography, Santa Claus, Secret Santa

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Miss Countryside.

12/23/2011 by chicquero

Ready to Ride Holy Moly, she really is “Ready to Ride” ( editorial’s title, btw). Dimphy Janse plays a prized horse jockey in equestrian inspired fashions for Signe Vilstrup’s latest work in Tush#26. Outfitted by Wiebke Bredehorst, Dimphy takes to the race track in colorful ensembles which feature a large dosage of leather and sleek silhouettes. So classy, chic and glam! >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Signe Vilstrup Salon Belle Rosemonde

Categories: Fashion, Photography • Tags: countryside, Fashion editorial, horse, horse back ride, jockey, Signe Vilstrup, Tush Magazine

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Surreal psychedelic sessions

12/23/2011 by chicquero

Dear Psycho Great psychedelic artist Oliver Hibert has an eye catching, colorful, bold, fantastic, surreal and psychedelic, is how many describe American artist, Oliver Hibert’s style of artwork. Hibert was born in Seattle, Washington in 1983. Self taught and determined, Oliver Hibert made his debut in galleries by the age of sixteen. Hibert’s bright palette and magical scenes caught the attention of MTV for a music video at the age of eighteen. Oliver Hibert has now shown his paintings, designs and illustrations […]

Categories: Artsy, Design • Tags: art, artwork, colorful, cool, crazy, oliver hibert, psychedelic, surreal, wtf

Time is ticking out.

12/22/2011 by chicquero

Temps Libre You know when you wake up with a song stuck on your head and literally can’t stop singing it? That’s what happened to me this morning and not that I don’t like the song I’ve been singing all day long, because I really do (poor neighbors), but I’ve never paid full attention to the lyrics and today I did. For some reason I realized that was cool and inspiring for the day… We’d better think about the things […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: clock, Fashion, Freja Beha Ericksen, Hedi Slimane, inspiration, music, The Cranberries, time, watch

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Perfect minimal world!

12/22/2011 by chicquero

Her name is Catrina. She is a human being first, a graphic designer second, and a cat lady third. A twenty-something girl in California seeking a full-time design job opportunity. Let´s spread the word and help her out. You go girl If the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be. Yogi Berra >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Stuff no one told us Seriously, believe them Dear Blank, Please Blank Listen to your grandma Literally spelled out

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: catrina dulay, fun, funny, graphic design, humor, minimal, perfect, quotes, world

No, you’re not colourblind.

12/21/2011 by chicquero

Infra Speaking of spectrum of different lights (well, I guess for some reason we’re inspired by this topic today since the post before this one is a fashion editorial with some particular nuances of lighting) I was completely amazed by photographer Richard Mosse‘s work. For centuries, the Congo, Africa has compelled and defied the Western imagination. This series called “Infra” brings to this subject the use of a discontinued military surveillance technology, a type of color infrared film called Kodak […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: africa, colourblind, Congo, infra, infrared light, Jack Shainman Gallery, Kodak Aerochrome, landscape, photography, pink photos, Richard Mosse, soldiers

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Belle Rosemonde

12/21/2011 by chicquero

Belle Rosemonde Photographer: Andrey Yakovlev Art-Director: Lili Aleeva Model: Angelina Elhova Make-up: Zhanna Bilalova Hair Style: Oxana Zavarzina “Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind .. a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static.” Oleg Cassini >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Red Alert Beautiful is eternal Loewe Madrid Salon Signe Vilstrup Live the life you imagined Killing Colours and Blocking time

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Andrey Yakovlev, Angelina Elhova, autumn, Belle Rosemonde, editorial, Fashion, Lili Aleeva, Oxana Zavarzina, Zhanna Bilalova

Accessorize me like it’s Xmas!

12/20/2011 by chicquero

Styling: Chrystel Plischke Livolsi and Guillaume Nallet Photographer: Candy Kennedy Lighting and Videographer: Mark Sherman Hair & Make Up: Katie Cousins Models: Alexandra and Sofia Studio: Hot and Cold This is a shoot created for the online mag called A Decent Idea. According to the staff this has been specifically difficult to produce/style because they had only a few hours ahead of them, like 5h max. Guillaume said “we had so much fun working together, we like the same style […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: A Decent Idea, accessories, Candy Kennedy, christmas, Christmas tree, Chrystel Plischke Livolsi, city, colorful, Fashion, fashion photography, Guillaume Nallet, Kati Cousins, Mark Sherman, online magazine, studio Hot and Cold, styling, urban

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