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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

⥤◈⥢ INTI RAYMI ⥤◈⥢























⥤◈⥢ INTI RAYMI ⥤◈⥢
// Coyote Negro Spring 2013 \\

Photography >> Sandra Arenas
Model >> Marian Guillen
Hair + Makeup >> Alexandra Lugo
Jewelry >> FiLiLí by Luiny Rivera
Styling + Art Direction >> Melissa Hernández

Hoy celebramos el sol, la luz, el calor, la vida. El Inti Raymi es una de las celebraciones mas importantes en Cuzco, Perú. Era una antigua ceremonia religiosa andina en honor al Inti (el padre sol), que se realizaba cada solsticio de invierno en los Andes. Hoy día el Inti Raymi tiene un carácter mas de espectáculo dirigido a los turistas y a los propios cusqueños. También se le conoce al Inti Raymi como "El Festival del Sol" es por eso que este proyecto va dedicado a la primavera, el sol y el Perú. Nuestra queridísima amiga peruana y fotógrafa Sandra Arenas fue el año pasado y tomo todas estas fotos maravillosas las cuales decidí ponerme a experimentar análogamente y crear lo que termino siendo el lookbook de primavera 2013. 

Es la segunda vez en mi vida que experimento las cuatro estaciones. Anteriormente siempre viví en un eterno verano en una isla tropical llamada Puerto Rico. Donde no existe invierno, ni primavera ni otoño, solo verano con algunas noches de brisa. La primavera me parece como un alivio al invierno con la esperanza que siempre hay algo mejor por venir. Asi que estoy esperando ansiosamente esta nueva estación de vida llena de sol, colores y festividades. 

En esta semana las piezas estarán disponibles en shopcoyotenegro.com 

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Today we celebrate the sun, light, warmth and life. Inti Raymi is one of the most important celebrations in Cuzco, Peru. It was an ancient religious ceremony honoring the Inti God (father sun). It was celebrated every winter solstice in the Andes. Today the Inti Raymi has more of a performance characteristic for tourists and locals. Inti Raymi is also known as "The Sun Festival" and that's why this project is dedicated to spring, the sun and Perú. Our lovely peruvian friend and photographer Sandra Arenas went last year and took these amazing photos which I decided to experiment manually and ended up being our spring 13 lookbook. 

It's the second time in my life that I experience the four seasons. I've always lived in an eternal summer on an  tropical island called Puerto Rico. Where winter doesn't exist, or spring, or fall, only summer with the occasional breezy nights. For me, spring is like a relief from winter with hope that there's always something better to come. So I'm anxiously waiting this new season of life full of colors, sun and festivities.



Monday, December 17, 2012

Ethereal >> In a way that seems not to be of this world



































We proudly introduce "Ethereal", a collaboration between Coyote Negro and "Fililí". Featuring new rad vintage and handmade jewelry by Luiny Rivera. She's a super rad, talented puertorrican artist who has an incredible eye for exoticness. Inspired in middle eastern extravagance Luiny gives a modern twist to this traditional aesthetic, making contemporary, unique and one of a kind wearable designs.  Fililí is for risk takers, dream seekers, badass babes, goddess and queens, heart breakers and love makers. 

We met Luiny in Puerto Rico, but it wasn't until we came to NY that we started to get to know each other better. She's actually our neighbor in Bushwick! Super random.We met Laura that same day and man, she's not only gorgeous but her energy is amazing! She's super sweet and low key. She gave us a rosemary with grape seed oil popcorn recipe that we have to try soon! Being far from home makes you open to new adventures and wonderful people. And Quique... he's my favorite person, Coyote Negro's oficial photographer and lover. 


 Photography: Quique Cabanillas
Model: Laura Wilson
Jewelry: Fililí by Luiny Rivera
Styling & Art Direction: Melissa Hernandez 

All clothing & jewelry will be up soon in the shop. Stay tuned!
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Friday, November 23, 2012

▼▼ Primal Psyche ▼▼














 Coyote Negro Winter 2012 Lookbook

Photography: Quique Cabanillas
Model: Raquel Berrios
Hair & Makeup: Alexandra Lugo
Jewelry: Witness Company
Styling + Art Direction: Melissa Hernández


All Boricuas reunited for a cause. We love when nice and talented people come together. It just makes everything extra fun. We where super lucky to find all these unique/one of a kind handmade pieces from San Francisco/Arizona/New York for this super special collection, plus we're featuring a super badass Americana jewelry line made in Brooklyn by Witness Company. We love to collaborate with local artists :) For this shoot we mostly got inspired by Christopher Rivera's work, canvases, workspace, colors, mess, graphics, shapes and forms. Check out his amazing work here. Plus he Dj's super fun music and has the best tattoos we've seen.

We have to mention that our model / friend / musician / dj / personal astrologist Raquel Berrios aka "Buscabulla" just released a super cool single. It's a cover from a classic salsa song from Tite Curet Alonso - "Tu loco loco, y yo tranquilo"; listen here.