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Tattoos - fashionable?

  • 02-02-2009 03:40PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,138 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering what people's thoughts on tattoos are, whether they are small, large, sleeve tattoos, back tattoos, etc etc. They are certainly more accepted now than they were probably even ten years ago, with pop stars, sports stars, and plenty of ordinary folk getting ink.

    But are tattoos fashion? They would seem to be the most hazardous fashion accessory of all - because they won't go away! OK, we may have worn neon in the 80s but we don't now (or shouldn't) but if we get tattoos now, we'll still have them in the future!

    I see that an awful lot of girls have tattoos - especially on the lower back.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    Tattoos as a fashion "accessory" don't make sense imo.


    Tbh, a lot of mainstream tattoos are godawful; most look cheap and cheesy. I don't know what girls are thinking when they get one on the lower back. I assume it has something to do with wanting to appear sexy in a pair of low-rise jeans...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭Fallen Buckshot


    You should Deffo get one of the Tazmanian Devil riding in a monster truck


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,138 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    Aard wrote: »
    Tattoos as a fashion "accessory" don't make sense imo.

    I agree with you, I see them more as a lifestyle choice, however I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who get them because they are "fashionable" or because their favourite celebrity has one. Much the same reason why people (not just girls) will get an article of clothing because they see it in magazines or it on a celeb. In fact, don't most women's magazines have a "get the look" section, in which they show you how to recreate a celebrity's look?

    Anyway, as for tattoos, I am of the belief that they are getting more and more popular, but people need to think long and hard about it, as I have seen more and more people coming in to get cover ups (I'm not a tattoo artist BTW). The worst thing is the kid who comes in on a Saturday, looks through the picture book, points at a design and says "I'll have that one".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,066 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    Aard wrote: »
    I don't know what girls are thinking when they get one on the lower back. I assume it has something to do with wanting to appear sexy in a pair of low-rise jeans...

    I don't agree with you on that point. On some girls they look awful, but i think they look really well on other girls. It's more down to the girl in my opinion, as opposed to where the tattoo is


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,215 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    Well tribal tats were all the rage years ago and look terrible now. And what about all the morons who got their names tattooed on their forarm in olde english script. That seems to be less fashionable now with fewer people getting them these days


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,066 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    FX Meister wrote: »
    Well tribal tats were all the rage years ago and look terrible now.

    I'm going to disagree on this point aswell. I don't think tribal tattoo's look terrible now but looked good years ago like you said. If a tattoo looked good a few years ago, it would still look good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    Anyway, as for tattoos, I am of the belief that they are getting more and more popular, but people need to think long and hard about it, as I have seen more and more people coming in to get cover ups (I'm not a tattoo artist BTW). The worst thing is the kid who comes in on a Saturday, looks through the picture book, points at a design and says "I'll have that one".

    Tattoos are becoming more and more popular, especially with those who know nothing about tattoos in the first place. I know two people who got shιtty tattoos done when they turned 18. They both regret not going to a professional to get it done.


    On the one hand I'm for regulation, as it will get rid of cowboy tattoo "artists". However, on the other hand that will drive prices up, and surely at the end of the day people should be responsible for whom they choose to permanently alter their skin.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,156 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Depends how fashionable that tatts are. But given the frivolous and ever-changing nature of fashion I don't think there is such a thing as a fashionable tatt. Unless it has some personal significance.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,821 ✭✭✭RxQueen


    that amount of girls i see with the Rihanna tattoo (ie stars on the neck) is unbelieveable..

    some people seem them as fashion , others see them as art..

    me , i have a few pieces, i got them, thought long and hard about getting them ,and will never regret them, i love them more everyday!..

    back on point, is you will always get people who will get them cause they think they will appear "cool" to have them, there the ones that will end up regreting them.. thye just jump on the bandwagon without thinking that a tattoo is not something you can toss aside when your bored with it.. your branded for life...

    but once you put the thought in , and know 100% that its what you want go for it.... so some people will judge you , but so is life


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭kizzyr


    Personally I hate them on both men and women. I find them to be cheap, tacky, ugly, and are an all round turn off for me. I don't care what famous people have them I still think this.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭KatiexKOUTURE--


    I love tattoos.. But I hate the notion that just because my favourite singer has a tattoo, like the Rhianna stars said above, I have to have the same. I think that they should mean something to you.

    As seeing them as a fashion accesory, accessories change all the time and you really need to think about what you want on your body forever.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    When i want a fashion accessory i'll buy a belt, one thing i wont do is forever mark my body with some god awful looking tattoo just cos "its cool"

    Are people really that insecure they need to copy some flash in the pan singer????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭moonflower


    I love tattoos, and I'm going to get one in a few months, after I turn 18. Getting them as a fashion accessory is silly though, fashions change and it's bad enough to spend money on an item of clothing and to regret it, imagine getting something permanent on your skin and regretting it.
    People really need to think long and hard before they get one, I've been considering mine for years now and I know that what I want it meaningful and not something I'll easily get sick of.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭MaryCat!


    Aard wrote: »
    Tattoos as a fashion "accessory" don't make sense imo.


    Tbh, a lot of mainstream tattoos are godawful; most look cheap and cheesy. I don't know what girls are thinking when they get one on the lower back. I assume it has something to do with wanting to appear sexy in a pair of low-rise jeans...

    Couldnt agree more! If a tattoo means something to you, then by all means. But If your getting it because it "Looks cool" you will probably hate it in 2 years


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    Are people really that insecure they need to copy some flash in the pan singer????
    Unfortunately, I think so.


  • Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Are people really that insecure they need to copy some flash in the pan singer????


    To be fair that is a really nice tattoo.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭JIZZLORD


    i blame the discovery channel


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9 bassnut


    its fashionable now not to have a tatoo they are so bloody common


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,821 ✭✭✭RxQueen


    ye are all basically tarring everyone that has a tattoo with the same brush , people get them for different reasons not just cause there "cool" ..

    its the same as seeing somebody with there tracksuit tucked into there socks, you instantly think " ohh he is a scumbag" when they prolly arent..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 carabunkaline


    hi there,
    I think that in some respects you are right, some people get them for fashion purposes, but then others get them for sentimental reasons, i can only speak for myself in this but my first two were for sentimental reason but my last one was just for the sake of getting another one, i do think they are addictive and as soon as you get one you start to want more :rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,138 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    Moonflower, what have you decided to get if you don't mind me asking? Good that you are waiting till you are 18, there are places that will tattoo underage people (or at least, don't ask for ID) but those places are to be avoided. Seriously, there are some shockingly bad examples of tattoos out there, you can find some threads on the Body Modification board, but its half the skill of the artist and half the choice made by the individual.

    So its good that you are thinking long and hard about what to get. I have a Japanese sleeve, which incorporates another tattoo I had on my shoulder. Its a big step getting a full arm tattoo but I love the artwork and also it marks a particular occasion for me. I'm an ordinary guy, not a nutcase or a knacker, I just happen to like tattoos and have no problem covering it when it needs to be covered, or showing it when I want to show it. Its taken nearly seven months and still isn't complete (nearly though) and I have to say I will miss going in for my sessions, to the degree that I'm planning my next tattoo!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    emo!! wrote: »
    ye are all basically tarring everyone that has a tattoo with the same brush , people get them for different reasons not just cause there "cool" ..

    I'm not. There are some people with intricate sleeves, or custom tattoos that mean something to the owner, and then there are people with stars on the back of their necks à la Rihanna. The former I have no problem with. The latter - tbh I don't really have a problem with them, I mean whatever floats their boat. But I do feel a certain cringe-factor whenever I see somebody with "Kanji" on their arm, or a star on thei calf.
    its the same as seeing somebody with there tracksuit tucked into there socks, you instantly think " ohh he is a scumbag" when they prolly arent..

    In fairness now, unless he's on a bike, he probably is :).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,215 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    Bryn wrote: »
    I'm going to disagree on this point aswell. I don't think tribal tattoo's look terrible now but looked good years ago like you said. If a tattoo looked good a few years ago, it would still look good.

    That's like saying bellbottom jeans that looked good decades ago would still look good today. That's not true. But you can change your jeans but not your skin


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭Linguo


    I have two tattoos on my back, great place to have them cause I forget they're there half of the time and easy to disguise!

    My boyfriend has tattoos and I just see them as part of him they don't stand out to me at all, but they do look great!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 844 ✭✭✭allabouteve


    I have a small 'angel' tattoo on my hip. It was never one of the 'fashionable' ones, and its obviously covered most of the time. I love it. I wouldn't get one in an obvious place, I wouldn't copy another persons, and I wouldn't get a large one.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 118 ✭✭Ironbars


    I never liked them myself but as a few friends pointed out they are a personal thing and not really fashion orientated.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12 torsotellsall


    As an American ex-pat, I have been rather shocked at how few tattoos there are here in Dublin compared to Boston, where tattoos are rather commonplace now. I haven't been here long enough to be out in warm weather with short sleeves, but I wonder what kind of reactions I will get and if I will be perceived as trashy in some way, when in most respects I consider myself to be quite conservative. But at least all of my tatoos are well done and quite unique!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 582 ✭✭✭HJL


    I dont like them. Never seen the point in them TBH, but i guess its a personal taste thing.

    Cheryl Cole has one on her hand, thats looks awful, and your rarely see it, i bet any money she regrets having it done or her management tell her to keep it out of view of the camera.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,215 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    HJL wrote: »
    I dont like them. Never seen the point in them TBH, but i guess its a personal taste thing.

    Cheryl Cole has one on her hand, thats looks awful, and your rarely see it, i bet any money she regrets having it done or her management tell her to keep it out of view of the camera.

    you should see the yoke she has around her thigh. Disgusting.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12 torsotellsall


    Disgusting is overstating it, don't you think? I mean, for crying out loud get some perspective. Tattoos are just artwork on the body. They are indeed permanent, but has it crossed your mind that most people don't regret their tattoos at all, having given the appropriate amount of consideration and thought into them?

    It is indeed a matter of taste. And so is insulting large groups of people solely based on their own personal style.


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