Tattoo History

During the early years of tattoo’s rebirth, tattoo shops and parlors were associated with people of an undesirable character—criminals, women of the night, and gang members. Tattoo shops definitely weren’t family-friendly, often prominently displaying a…

The late 1800s to the early 1900s was a time of rebirth for the practice of tattooing. Once reserved for servicemen or undesirables, the practice began to shift and waver, becoming something entirely unique from…

As women began to break into the tattooing industry in the mid to late 70s, the industry started to shift. No longer something reserved for the less-desirable factions of society, tattooing took on a more…

While the feminist campaigns of the 1960s saw an increase in women tattooing their newly appointed “freedom” upon their skin, the 1970s turned into a period now deemed the revival of tattooing. As women of…

Tattoos have been prevalent in society for as long as written history has documented. Longer, in fact. We know for sure that tattoos were being applied to human skin as far back as 5,000 years…

Trends come in and go, in about every aspect of our daily lives. The rounded body of the ’90s Mustang was traded in for the boxier model of the 2000s; the high-waist, acid wash jeans…

Women have been visually dominating the tattoo industry as of the last several decades.  Tattooed women are appearing in magazines, commercials, and printed advertisements. Female tattoo artists have become the newest fad on television, with…

Over the last several decades, the tattoo culture has begun to play a large part in the fashion industry, and likewise, the fashion industry has crept its way into the tattoo subculture. Today, entire collections…

‘Soulmates’ is a term you hear often in Western Culture, usually along with variations like ‘The One,’ or ‘Other Half.’ It generally refers to someone you were fated to be with; a person which, no…

As one of the oldest art forms recorded, tattooing has gone through a serious evolutionary path. From brutal, hand-poked designs to smooth, detailed machine-run pieces, tattooing has made great strides in the five thousand years…