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Hands up, NY!

01/28/2013 by chicquero

Hands up, everyone! Milla Jovovich uses her expertise as the star of “Resident Evil” in this action-packed shoot photographed by Inez & Vinoodh for the February issue of Vogue Paris. The magazine pays homage to New York City with its whole issue shot in The Big Apple. Milla gets decked out in all black looks from labels such as Prada, Nina Ricci, Alexander McQueen and Dolce & Gabbana amongst others styled by editor-in-chief Emmanuelle Alt. Hair by Orlando Pita and […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: action, Big Apple, black, Emmanuelle Alt, evil, hands up, Inez & Vinoodh, Milla Jovovich, new york, styling, Vogue Paris

Black is the new Black

03/06/2012 by chicquero

The photographer Tejal Patni is behind this dark Splash 2011 Calendar. “I decided to take color “Black” as my theme. Imagine if we saw all seasons in Color “Black”? what would it be ,or look like? I approached all seasons as if I was writing a script for 12 different feature films, therefore wrote 12 scenes. In my Photography I try and combine my influences of my favorite feature films and work of great directors, I feel its always present in my fashion work. I have combined influences […]

Categories: Design, Photography • Tags: 2011, arts, black, calendar, color, dark, goth, noir, obscure, photography, preto, splash, tejal patni

The person I know best..

01/21/2012 by chicquero

Kimiko Yoshida Self-Portraits, 2010. Born in Tokyo, Japan (1963). Lives in Europe since 1995. I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. Frida Kahlo >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Geometrik Pragmatic way I see art in the mirror Clown Portraits

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, art portraits, black, costumes, face, kimiko yoshida, make-up, photoshoot, portraits, self portraits, white

Color my pictures

01/19/2012 by chicquero

Sweden-based artist Sanna Dullaway re-imagines photos from yesteryear in vibrant, realistic images, by replacing the varied shades of gray. The series features portraits of well-known people throughout history including Abraham Lincoln, Che Guevara, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Anne Frank, and a young Charlie Chaplin without his signature mustache. Dullaway’s color restoration project breathes new life into these aged, colorless images. Though many of them are wonderful, in their own right, there’s something new and fresh about the photographs after the artist […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: black, coloring, history, photography, photos, photoshop, pictures, portraits, recreated, sanna dullaway, vintage, white

Little Fanning goes Black & White

01/13/2012 by chicquero

Mary Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998), credited as Elle Fanning, is an American actress and singer. She is the younger sister of gorgeous actress Dakota Fanning. I’m a normal kid, really. I just love to act. Elle Fanning >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Uma Thurman Celebrities and anatomies Double shot of fox No big deal Coolest army

Categories: Photography • Tags: black, celebrity, dakota, editorial, elle fanning, fanning, Fashion, photography, shoot, white

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All art is but imitation of nature

12/20/2011 by chicquero

Ruud van Empel 1958 Breda, The Netherlands The artist works and lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His art is Ilfochrome (formerly known as Cibachrome) is a dye destruction positive-to-positive photographic process used for the reproduction of slides on photographic paper. It’s the only available method to create handmade photographic prints directly from color slide film. The prints are made on a dimensionally stable polyester base, essentially a plastic base opposed to traditional paper base. Since it uses azo dyes on a polyester base, the print will not fade, discolor, […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: art, black, cibachrome, green, ilfochrome, jungle, kids, photography, prints, ruud van empel

Indian Gold Jewelry

12/16/2011 by chicquero

Chic Jewelry Tanishq is a fabulous Indian-made jewellery, Their saga began in the early 1990’s, primarily fuelled by the fabled Tata entrepreneurial spirit and partly forced by circumstance. Tanishq was coined from a combination of Tata/Tamil Nadu and Nishq (meaning a necklace of gold coins) and, again, from Tan, meaning body and Ishq, meaning love. It was launched in 1994 as a range of jewellery and watches meant for the European & American markets. Tanishq offers you a wide range of gold jewelry in pure 22k. Their […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: 22k, black, chic, Design, Fashion, gold, indian, jewelry, tanishq

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

Edgy weirdo? Awkward metamorphosis?

10/10/2011 by chicquero

No… (maybe yes)! Photographer Ausra Osipaviciute and stylist Milda Cegelyte, both London based professionals, teamed up and created this amazing series named Fantplastique. It´s such an innovative concept, kinda creepy with its own beauty… love the shapes, the “black”, the edginess, the weirdness, the avant garde elements all mixed up. Very clever idea, can´t get enough! Credits: Photography & Post-Production: Ausra Osipaviciute Styling: mimi.c (aka Milda Cergelyte) Make-Up, Hair & Body-Paint: Greta Babarskaite and mimi.c Model: Indre Grigaliunaite (BMM) Metamorphosis is […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: art, Ausra Osipaviciute, avant garde, black, BMM, body paint, edgy, editorial, fantplastique, Fashion, freak, Greta Baberskaite, Ingre Grigaliunaite, innovative photos, london, make up artist, make-up, metamorphosis, Milda Cegelyte, Mimi.c, Moda, model, photography, photos, shapes, style, styling, weirdo, wtf

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Blanc & Noir Masqué Ball

10/09/2011 by chicquero

Vogue Paris, october 2010 This shoot entitled “Masqué Ball”, was shot by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott Mascarade models: Lara Stone, Mariacarla Boscono, Freja Beha, Daphne g, Crystal Reyn, and some male models (couldn’t find their names). I love Halloween, it’s time to share some cool costume inspirations. “Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, arte, black, blanc, campaign, Crystal Reyn, culture, Daphne g, Design, designer, Fashion, foto, Freja Beha, halloween, halloween costume, halloween make up inspiration, Lara Stone, Marcus Piggott, Mariacarla Boscono, mascarade, masque ball, Mert Alas, Moda, noir, Paris, photo, photography, photos, style, trends, Vogue, white

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