Incongruencies of body art?

[TheKitschGoth]

I don't think it would be much larger than if one had their nose pierce and then removed it. My sis had her nose pierced and removed it, can hardly tell.

It'll be a little larger because of the size of bars they use, though if you were worried about that you could change the bar they put in when you first get it pierced to something a little smaller early on.

 

[Lady Day]

Okay I had to find the Daria episode "Life in the Past Lane" because I needed to see it.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v208465rgQJPAXr

There it is if you don't want to search everywhere.

WAAAY fftopic:

Great! Thanks, PD! It was on youtube for a long time (I posted it in the Motion Pictures section) but they took all the Daria episodes off.

Okay, back to tattoos

 

[Kim_B]

Okay I had to find the Daria episode "Life in the Past Lane" because I needed to see it.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v208465rgQJPAXr

There it is if you don't want to search everywhere.

YEESSSS!!!!! I loved Daria so much when it was on...I am so going to watch this when I get home from work!

 

[Miss Dottie]

That was the most delightful 20 minutes of my day.

Makes me want to get a tattoo of Daria now!

 

[ShooShooBaby]

i'd like a tattoo of jane in one of her vintage outfits!

 

[CanadaDoll]

Here's my only one, I'm fighting the urge for more thoughlol Everyone's got such nice tattoos I'm going crazy with new designs!lol

 

[Amelie]

fftopic:
Okay I had to find the Daria episode "Life in the Past Lane" because I needed to see it.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v208465rgQJPAXr

There it is if you don't want to search everywhere.

Thank you so much that's awesome I havent seen this one before!! lol

 

[Pink Dahlia]

Me neither so I had to hunt it down.

 

[dhermann1]

My next door neighbor has a tattoo of an Airstream trailer on his forearm. . .
really . . .

 

[Adelaidey]

fftopic:
Okay I had to find the Daria episode "Life in the Past Lane" because I needed to see it.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v208465rgQJPAXr

There it is if you don't want to search everywhere.

Hahaha, that was fantastic-- oh sheesh, what must my "normal" friends think of me! Haha, well now I know where ShooShooBaby's and Pink Dahlia's signature quotes came from! lol

 

[MrPumpernickel]

When it comes to hiding body-art or not when going vintage style I do rather the opposite, I emphasize it. I have a septum piercing in which I wear a spike and two stretched lobe piercings and I never try to hide them because they are a part of my persona, and a part I'm very passionate about (just like hats). However, whereas I might wear colorful jewelry in my piercings now and then I make it a point to wear traditional materials (i.e. steel or organic materials such as wood or bone) when going vintage so it fits better with the clothes, material-wise anyway. I highely enjoy the clash of the new and the old and considering that tattooing and piercing has been around for tousands of years it's actually more vintage than the clothing

Apologies for posting out of gender, but body mods are a topic which I hold very dear

 

[Pink Dahlia]

I work with an older lady. I'd say about 60s. She always comments on how I got the look down "except for the tattoo."

I told her the other day that I have to retain my personality.

 

[sophia la shok]

i never cover mine up unless a certain item of clothing is covering it due to the shape. i love it most when my half sleeves poke out from under a cardy or top. although i gotta say i love my leg tattoos cos they look pretty with a pair of heels.

i have probems with my ink whilst shopping in 2nd hand shops. when i get to the till it's always "why would a nice respectable girl like you need tattoos?" from the mature ladies working the tills. which i find quite comedy.
i never really know what to say back. hee hee.

 

[JazzBaby]

I got my tattoo on purpose to heighten the vintage look - and got a beauty spot tattooed onto my cheek! So no need to hide it! But if I had other tattoos I'd probably try to hide them when wearing vintage - especially if I was wearing something formal.

 

[Lesvinyl]

I sadly took out my hoop from my nostril and miss it dearly. Im thinking of getting it poked again. I also have my septum and a belly button hoop. I personally like my piercings and think they go great with the vintage lifestyle. It modernizes it a bit.

 

[analiebe]

i find it interesting that so many view tattoos as a "modern" form of body art and that they are incongruous with an authentic vintage look - yes, its certainly true that (in the western world at least) mainstream society did not sport tattoos to the extent they do now (at least not where they would be so easily visible) however, just as in the modern age, there existed many who found them beautiful, or rebellious, or an expression of individuality.... so, just as dames and gents did in eras past, if you want a tattoo then get one... it will be as authentic to your vintage look today as it was way back then

some tattooed ladies of the past...

german nora hildebrandt circa 1910's

betty broadbent - tattooed woman with ringling, barnum & bailey circus circa 1930's

cindy ray - australian 1960's tattoo celebrity who later became a tattooist herself!

japanese geisha being tattooed 1937

english tattooist george burchett with female client 1928

bristol babe getting tattooed circa 1960

mrs m. stevens wagner 1907

mildred in an add for waters tattooist circa 1920's/ 30's

 

[volatile]

http://www.needled.com/blog/?p=2634

“The tattoing [sic] craze which first broke out in America has now come to this country, where its chief exponent is Mr. Alfred South of Cockspur Street. During his career Mr. South has operated on upwards of 15,000 persons, including about 900 English women, the designs in a great number of cases being of a most peculiar description. There are some instances where ladies have had the inscriptions on their wedding rings tattooed on their fingers beneath the ring. Ladies who like to keep pace with the times may be adorned with the illustrations of motor cars. Another device is that of a figure of Cupid disappearing into the depths of a pewter pot. This picture which has been tattooed on the skin of one woman only is entitled Love gone to pot.”

– The Tatler and Bystander, No. 126, November 25, 1903

(http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?MIROPAC=V0040689)

 

[analiebe]

this article is great!! - would you mind if i used it as part of a post i'm putting together about vintage tattooing for my own blog? - let me know
cheers, anastasia

http://www.needled.com/blog/?p=2634

“The tattoing [sic] craze which first broke out in America has now come to this country, where its chief exponent is Mr. Alfred South of Cockspur Street. During his career Mr. South has operated on upwards of 15,000 persons, including about 900 English women, the designs in a great number of cases being of a most peculiar description. There are some instances where ladies have had the inscriptions on their wedding rings tattooed on their fingers beneath the ring. Ladies who like to keep pace with the times may be adorned with the illustrations of motor cars. Another device is that of a figure of Cupid disappearing into the depths of a pewter pot. This picture which has been tattooed on the skin of one woman only is entitled Love gone to pot.”

– The Tatler and Bystander, No. 126, November 25, 1903

(http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?MIROPAC=V0040689)

 

[volatile]

this article is great!! - would you mind if i used it as part of a post i'm putting together about vintage tattooing for my own blog? - let me know
cheers, anastasia

By all means, help yourself! It's something I stumbled upon as part of my PhD research a while ago, and shared it with my friend Marissa who runs that blog (now moved to needlesandsins.com)...

Please do feel free to use it! I can't take much credit for it other than discovering it in the Wellcome archives! What's the URL of your blog?

 

[analiebe]

thanks so much!
i really appreciate it and i'll make sure i link it back to your friend marissas' blog too...

my blog - http://analiebe.wordpress.com/
just started it recently so its definately a work in progress...

By all means, help yourself! It's something I stumbled upon as part of my PhD research a while ago, and shared it with my friend Marissa who runs that blog (now moved to needlesandsins.com)...

Please do feel free to use it! I can't take much credit for it other than discovering it in the Wellcome archives! What's the URL of your blog?