KINKY COUTURE
Emma Delves-Broughton
Goliath Books

Photographer Emma Delves-Broughton's first book brings together an irresistible collection of sultry colour and B&W fetish photos, all taken in terribly British historical settings. Gorgeous latex-clad models pose provocatively in castles and stately homes, looking like they own these decadent places.

A few of the more outlandish and brightly coloured outfits are eccentric, surreal even, but that lends Kinky Couture an artistic quality lacking in some fetish collections. No one but the saddest of prudes could describe EDB's images as smutty. And, unlike some photographers who work in the field, she doesn't encourage the models to grimace and glare at the camera, as if on some BDSM related power trip. The ladies pose and pout as you'd expect, yet still appear relaxed and playful.

Although diminutive in size (14 x 19 cm), there's a consistent quality throughout this book that elevates it above some of the run-of-the-mill fetish collections (after all, there are so many nowadays). Pleasingly, Kinky Couture comes bound in a soft, squishy cover that gives it even more appeal, like one of those stress relief toys. And what a way to relieve stress...

ADRIAN LUTHER-SMITH

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