Comments on: Destruction of Mankind: Kawaii Edition

By: Miss Lolita

Miss Lolita — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:04:23 +0000

I liked certain parts of the video. I loved the Alice girl’s hair and costume. And the cute little Hello Kitty stuffed animal thing she had towards the end. The video was good up until the part where the girl climbs into that…thing. >_> Then the video went from cool to…just plain weird. Though I do like the darker skinned girl’s costume.

By: JW

JW — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:41:27 +0000

That was worse than the Shine video.

By: Lillian

Lillian — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:39:28 +0000

this would be a BILLION times hotter if they left some body hair on the bear. <3

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:20:19 +0000

I am completely in love with this video and have probably watched it 20 times now, asbestos vagina and all.

By: rich

rich — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:31:47 +0000

You want to run around the pinwheel?

It’s in San Marino, at the Huntington Gardens. You can see it on google maps:

http://tinyurl.com/bro5ru

You’ll need to bring your own rose petals. And chairs.

By: Atsuko Kudo

Atsuko Kudo — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:33:23 +0000

Atsuko Kudo for MAC/Hello Kitty

You may have seen the ads or the video. You may have seen some of the controversy over the video’s content and also some question about who designed and produced the clothing….

Please check out the images and film and if you are interested please read below to find out about Atsuko Kudo’s role in all of this. We have had to make some very clear statements in the following text because of the online discussion about who designed and produced the pieces in the images. We hope the following will clarify the situation.

In May 2008 Atsuko Kudo was approached by well known London based stylist Katy England, to design and produce costumes for a forthcoming MAC/Hello Kitty cosmetics range, to be shot by one of the world’s top fashion photographers, Nick Knight. Naturally we were excited about the project from the outset.

The items we produced were all of the latex pieces that you now see on the ‘Wild’ character (the darker skinned girl) apart from her ears(!) The main pieces were (and are) her catsuit and collar as these pieces quite define her look. All of these pieces are items which have been available from the Atsuko Kudo range for some time and were chosen by Katy as she specifically wanted to use this style for the ‘Wild’ look.

For the ‘Mild’ character (the lighter skinned girl) all of the latex bows were made by us. These too are items we have been producing for many years. The rest of her costume as far as we know is not made from latex and we did not have involvement with this.

So this was a commission for our designs which we duly completed in June 2008.

We had no involvement with the costumes for the male characters.

We always were aware that the campaign would be launching in the early part of 2009 and were pleased to see how the still images and promotional video looked when they were released.

The subsequent public reaction to these images and video are well documented on the internet! Please check them out…

Because there has been some controversy about the design and production of the clothing, we hope that all latex fans and Hello Kitty fans can enjoy the pictures created here in London last summer for this quite unusual campaign. We are happy to let everyone know that the latex pieces described above were indeed designed and produced entirely from the studios of Atsuko Kudo.
The latex pieces in the pictures from the launch party in NYC are also Atsuko Kudo designs.
We have not seen the Vex contribution to this campaign but would like to.
Best wishes, Atsuko Kudo

By: BlueAnchorNatasha

BlueAnchorNatasha — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:28:29 +0000

I didnt like that video at all and before you even mentioned the inflatable snatch, I was shaking my head asking why they had to make the tunnel pink and fluffy like an esophagus..
Maybe this is creme de la creme in high fashion, but no thank you.

By: Laura Petrielli

Laura Petrielli — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:44:22 +0000

It has come to my attention that BOTH Atsuko Kudo and Vex were contacted by MAC. For the record and so everyone knows, I do not know what involvement Atsuko Kudo had But what I can tell everyone here that Vex was contacted back in August to produce 20 catsuits and accessories, 200 small bows and 200 bow ties for this new Hello Kitty MAC Line. I do not want any hostility since it is clear that we both had some sort of involvement here that until now I was unaware of.

By: RubyTrue

RubyTrue — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:43:31 +0000

LoL at Kumi!
i am hoping thats winnie the pooh?
Im sure that boy can make anything though!

By: kumi

kumi — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:44:04 +0000

i think they should have asked oli to make all the big heads
he still needs to get on with my pooh one!

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i’m wondering if vex made the men’s pants perhaps?
the catsuit ruffles are def ako and i was curious about it.

i suppose i should send out some emails n ask directly.