Trophy watch: Three-time French Open champion (and TSF fave) Guga Kuerten bid adieu to the red clay of Roland Garros for the final time, accepting a wild card that his body couldn’t back up. He lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. And when it was all over, they awarded Guga with a cross-section of […]
short balls: the hewitts’ marriage on the rocks?, venus and hank engaged! shorts too short? guga to retire!
If they can’t join you, beat them: Woman’s Day continues to feed Hewitt-mania even after Bec Cartwright declined to renew her column for the Australian magazine. This week’s cover story: Bec’s marriage meltdown — “Stress, boredom and the loss of a successful, glamorous career have many wondering how long the pair will last…” Le sad: […]
focus: graphic designs for guga kuerten
I found some more graphic designs for Guga Kuerten. Not sure if they’re for t-shirts or ads. Either way, they are a perfect representation of the company’s laid back, surfer/skater attitude. These first three are from TavinhoCosta. (source) This is a great take on a company crest. On the left, using the famous Japanese woodblock […]
guga videos + he mulls retirement
Here are some promotional videos created by Marcelo Bala (1, 2, 3) for Guga Kuerten‘s eponymous clothing line. The Jack Johnson(esque?) soundtrack that accompanies the motion graphics are totally what I would expect: laid back, unharshed mellow, surfer. FYI: in a press conference last week, Kuerten shared that he’ll consider retiring from pro tennis if […]
fashion focus: guga kuerten tees
Brazilian “fotografiker” TavinhoCosta joins Jum Nakao as artists lending a hand in designing for the preppy/skater/surfer Guga Kuerten line. Above are highlights of some of his work, all of which can be seen here. RELATED POSTS >> TSF’s guga kuerten fashion archive >> bjorn borg opens stockholm s/s ’08 fashion week