February 23, 2010 2:01am The figure-accentuating effect of the costume, its pattern, smoothure, the lighting, and the contrast against the flat, white roughness of the backdrop gives this shot the quality of an "enhanced" artistic nude. The model's striking, statuesque pose and serene, dreamlike expression also give her a muse-like rather than an overtly sexual presence, losing (or at least strictly contaning) the fetish elements of this shot in an atmosphere of beaty and elegance.
