Here’s a splash of Summer to spice up your weekend if you are having cold weather. The Jimmy Choo cruise 2009 ad campaign by the masterful Terry Richardson. The female model is Aleksandra Nilsen but I have no idea who the male model is. For what it’s worth, I like what I see of him ;)
+ more Terry Richardson | Chad White Dives Into The Pool
Like I promised you in the first part of ‘I ♥ Andres’, here is the remainder of the L’Officiel Hommes editorial. And while that first part was all about Milan Vukmirovic playing paparazzo on Andres Velencoso Segura, this part is where Andres lets down his guard in an intimate studio setting. The mostly black and white images show a beautiful man who is comfortable with his body and confident in himself.
+ see more Andres Segura | Milan Vukmirovic| L’Officiel Hommes
The larger-than-life fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld has captured Italian male model Baptiste Giabiconi as Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, in a special photography series for French retailer Colette. The photos will be displayed during Colette’s special Barbie 50th birthday celebration between March 9th-28th, 2009. They will then be available for purchase as silkscreen prints.
Barbie even flirts with Karl Lagerfeld’s Teddy Bear by Steiff behind Ken’s back!
+ more Karl Lagerfeld features
I just came upon this vivid editorial by Camilla Akrans featuring Sean Opry from the Spring-Summer 2008 issue of Numéro Homme (issue #15) and I had to include it in our Best of 2008 section. I’ve been falling in love with Camilla’s color style and the fact that it features Sean makes it a double yummy.
+ more Best of 2008 | Sean Opry | Camilla Akrans
Ok, so this is not photography related, but each now and then I will pepper the blog with random interesting posts to keep things exciting. The Bedside Lamp is designed by Matteo Cibic as part of his Bibelot Sexual series. The lamp has a hidden surprise integrated into the design. An adult toy made from medical-grade silicon and available in assorted colors is housed inside the lamp. When that toy is removed, the lamp switches from its default white light into a romantic red light to set up the mood. A perfect hideaway for those still living at home, just make sure mom doesn’t play with the lamp while cleaning.
The Bedside Lamp will be part of the Love Design exhibit which is set to take place between 22-27 April 2009 in Milan, Italy as part of Salone Del Mobile Exhibition. Twenty Designers are displaying designs related to Love in the exhibit.
+ more cheeky posts
Tyson Ballou & Karen Elson by Steven Klein in ‘Trust Me’ from the new March 2009 issue of American Vogue, styled by Tonne Goodman.
+ more Tyson Ballou | Vogue | Steven Klein | Tonne Goodman features
It’s a marriage made in fashion heaven, the cheeky brand French Connection & controversial photographer Terry Richardson, have collaborated on the French Connection Spring-Summer 2009 ad campaign. Here' is your exclusive sneak peek into the campaign which features the super hot Tyson Ballou.
+ more Tyson Ballou | Terry Richardson features
+ Sam Saffman for La Maison Simons [Homotrophy]
+ The boys of Australian underwear and sportswear brand Teamm8 [OhLaLa Mag]
+ After asking straight people to go gay, Bianco Footwear ignores the global financial crisis [Arab Aquarius]
+ Thiago Dirigns by Gui Paganini for Wish Report #27 [Fashion Copious]
I usually try to write something somewhat intelligent to accompany photoshoots, but all I can say when I look at this New York Times editorial by photographer Dean Isidro is, “Damn, Aaron O'Connell has a hot butt!”
+ see Aaron O’Connell by Bruce Weber
Clothing and footwear brand Melting’Pot has a new ad campaign that invites you, “This Summer, abandon your nightmares.” Their brand slogan is, “I dream. I am” so don that sexy jeans, abandon your nightmares (although these monsters look damn adorable in the ads!) and start dreaming.
The ads were photographed by Vincent Dixon for ad agency Armando Testa (Turin, Italy)
The previous set of ads for Meltin’Pot also had some nice eye candy. They added a modern twist to fairy tales. How about prince charming dressed in a leather jacket and waking up sleeping beauty with a car jumper?
