Expectation
Latex blinders and dress with transparent lace-print back: Atsuko Kudo
Makeup and hair: Shelly Manser-Cavanagh
Model: Joy ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
the_killjoy, owner of fashion/design comapny Kill Betty Inc.
Photograph: Nadya Lev
Oftentimes, I hear girls who are not into latex say, "the only latex I'd ever wear is Atsuko Kudo." And it's true; their clothing breaks through the glass ceiling of the fetish world, into high fashion. It's the texture, the cuts, the seams, the precision, and the originality of design that make it so. To put it another way: even my parents like pictures with Atsuko Kudo fashion, and they hate most latex and much prefer it when I shoot lace and absinthe bottles, bless them. My collaboration with Atsuko Kudo began two years ago, and also featured Joy as one of the star models. There are three pictures of Joy from our first Atsuko shoot on my website, here, here and here. In light of our past work, Atsuko Kudo was so impressed with Joy's style and look that they flew her to London just for the shoot! We shot at the Big White Space in London this past December, with equipment borrowed from the fantastic Lily (who heroically woke up early in the morning of her birthday to replace a sync cord that had gone bad). There were tons of new outfits by Atsuko Kudo; in time, the rest of the images will surface.
