Thanksgiving break left me little time to sit back and relax. I’m glad to say that the wedding went smoothly and was a ton of fun. Coming back to Virginia was hard to do, from leaving my lovely niece and brother, to all the fabulous Mexican food. But I’m relieved to finally have working internet, unlike in that stuffy hotel room.
One of the few times I watched TV while in San Antonio, I found myself watching Style network. The show on was titled “25 Most Stylish: Essentials.” The show ranked the top 25 fashion trends of the time with celebrity examples. Among the list were miniskirts, pe
arls, and tattoos. Tattoos ranked in the top 10. Several celebrity examples were given, the best being Angelina Jolie and David Beckham. Angelina Jolie has that type of mysterious and dangerous persona. She has over a dozen tattoos. One of her most interesting is the coordinates of where she adopted her son, Maddox, “(N11° 33' 00" E104° 51' 00"), Zahara (N09° 02' 00" E038° 45' 00"), Pax (N10° 46' 00" E106° 41' 40") and where her and Brad Pitt's child Shilo was born at (S22° 40' 26" E014° 31' 40") on her left arm which cover up her ‘Billy Bob’ tattoo.”
David Beckham said in his autobiography “I’d finally realized what I wanted a tattoo to represent. Mine are all about the people in my life, my wife and sons, who I want with me always. When you see me, you see the tattoos. You see an expression of how I feel
about Victoria and the boys. They're part of me." "I like the feeling that those two boys [Brooklyn and Romeo] are with me even when I'm away from home. And not just in my heart. I had their names tattooed on my back after each one was born. There's a guardian angel there, too, looking after them both. My dad had three tattoos of his own and so the idea has been with me since I was a kid ....”
His wife, Victoria, my favorite Spice Girl growing up, said that David is leaving his left arm open for their future children. Most of David’s tattoos were done by “Louis Molloy at his Middleton Tattoo Studio one of the most highly regarded an
d successful Tattoo Studios in the U.K” “The Middleton Tattoo studio was opened in August 1981 by Louis Molloy who was just 18 years old at the time. The studio has gone from strength to strength and underwent its current incarnation in 2001 making it one of the most modern studios in the UK.”
I’ve been seeing many commercials for the newest tattoo show, London Ink, TLC’s international take on tattoos. I finally looked into it and it is in fact about Louis Molloy, Beckham’s main tattoo artist. “Louis Molloy has won
many awards down the years but feels the only ones truly worth mentioning are the two awards for outstanding artist of the year UK in 1986 and 1993.” The waiting list for a tattoo done at his studio can be up to 8 months long! 
5 comments:
You use a lot of quotes here from a variety of sources. They're very interesting and right on topic. I would like to hear more from you. Do you agree that tattoos are a fashion accessory, or a link to the people in your life? What can tattoos say to those who don't support them that much? How do we convince others that these messages are artful but purposeful, too?
I really enjoyed this post. It seems that more icons on coming on with the tattoo phase. I just don't understand how they come up with the idea to ink to their body. Nevertheless, it is there and it represents something. Nice post. I think Julie brings up some valid questions as well. I guess that whats the professors are supposed to do.
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Mr. Impact "the online alter-ego"
I like knowing why people get tattoos, I think its cool how they translate something significant in their lives into a picture or saying. I think Angelina's are unique and different but very symbolical. I have yet to see the London Ink but I have seen both the Miami and LA versions, both very interesting and entertaining. I enjoy seeing their artistic ability and how good they are at making the tattoo look so real.
I think is is quite interesting that David Beckham has the names of his children tattoed to his body because I have done the same with the names of my children. On each shoulder blade I have the name of a daughter of mine, on the left shoulder it says "Sammie Lynn" and on the right it says "Alexandria". Very interesting.
I wondered when I read your post about Beckham though if he'll be in the same boat as Angelina if he ever leaves Victoria? Having to cover her name with something else. That would be a major drawback in my opinion on ink. But if you are into tattoos, more power to you. Interesting to find out there can be that long a wait for getting one done, I didn't realize there was that much difference in artists given the medium.
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