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Jahni · Dooney & Bourke

RE: OT: Tattoos

Collette · Chanel

wetbandit42 wrote:

This is something I have been thinking about a LOT lately.

Right now I am really obsessed with wrist tattoos and I want one really badly. I want to get the word Cheers inked on my wrist because it reminds me of Glasgow (I spent a semester there and it was the best decision of my life). I can't pull the trigger though (yet), mainly because that is a highly visible area and some day I'll have to cover it up EVERY day when I have a job. I think by then I would regret it. So I am back to the drawing board, maybe I'll get it in a different area.

My friend is getting a tattoo on her wrist on Thursday. I'm jealous!

Does anyone here have a wrist tattoo? Do you regret it? How do you cover it up for work?

I have a friend who has a wrist tattoo in white so you can't really see it but she knows it's here, it's actually pretty cool. It's a thought at least and easier to cover up than black.

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

Collette wrote:

I have a friend who has a wrist tattoo in white so you can't really see it but she knows it's here, it's actually pretty cool. It's a thought at least and easier to cover up than black.

Ooh, I never even thought of that! Thanks for the idea - I think I saw some celebrity with a white tattoo, and if it hadn't been pointed out that they had one, I would have never noticed. Maybe now I won't have to get it elsewhere, since I really love wrist tattoos. I am going to get one (if I do, and it's probably inevitable) on my left wrist, where I wear my watch. A white tattoo + a watch = no one will notice. Good idea - thanks Collette!

brazilian · Dooney & Bourke

I got this picture off tPF of a girl with a white tattoo on her wrist

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Kelly · Hermes

The only tattoo I know I would love forever and ever would be my last name. I know I'd want it somewhere like my wrist - this sounds dumb but I think it's because there are veins you can see on your wrist and then it would be highlighting my [last name here] blood. Especially since I know I'll change my name when I get married.

-but- of course I'd want that out of love and loyalty to my family, and my father is vehemently opposed to tattoos. So that would kind of defeat the purpose

Sibeski · Dooney & Bourke

Metric · Gucci

I have lots.
-An Aries symbol in my left arm

-an Egyptian ankh on my right shoulder, symbolizing life
-a dragon on my back, for my brother, who was born in the year of the dragon
-a sun on my lower back, the only one of my tattoos I'm not completely crazy about. I was once young and stupid.
-my newest one is a koi, symbolizing perseverance and over-coming obstacles

Escrime · Kate Spade

Two USMC ones, similar to the reasons Collette got hers in the Army. I have toyed with getting another one, but I can't think of any I really would want.

tri_sarah_tops · Marc Jacobs

I have a large floral piece on my back. It's special because the artist is a good family friend and he's so creative and awesome and I love that I have something he created just for me. Also, it was a present from my husband for our one year anniversary (haha, could I sound any more "white trash?"), so no matter what happens, it will always remind me of that time in my life and how happy I was, without it being blatantly about him.

I hope to get something else this fall. Probably a cherry blossom tree. I lived in Japan for a couple of years, and while I was there I learned so much about who I am and what I want from life. To the Japanese cherry blossoms are symbolic of the brevity of life, which really coincides with what I got out of my time there.

atlgirl · Gucci

This is a fascinating discussion! I don't have any, and don't want any. Though I have a friend who is trying to pressure me into getting one for my 40th...but really, I'm not that excited about the idea. I've never been really into them. I'm a jewelry girl, and I'd rather just buy a new piece of jewelry. :)

You ladies are an interesting and varied lot though! Collette, your response was really wild. I never knew all that about you - sounds like you have had a varied and exciting life. I'm glad you made it though all the drug issues okay.

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

Thanks for the pics brazillian and sibeski! I really like the white tattoo idea.

rlutz · Chanel

i have three tattoos..each one represents a different period in my life
sunflower-lower left side of back--It was right after I came back from school in london and I was coming out of a very dark period and rediscovering who I was...to me it represented the new me

Black circle/sun design--center top of back-The got this one about a year after college, I was going through a rebellios period and I wanted something that said I was tough

butterfly--center lower back- I got this when my mother was really sick...she had always said that when I was finally happy I was like a butterfly that had just came out of its cacoon
I love all my tattoos...I am thinking of getting another one, something that represents my baby jack

jettie · Kate Spade

Way too permanent for me...plus my parents might kill me if they ever knew I had one.

Deuce · Dooney & Bourke

I absolutely love tattoos. I love full sleves, hand and even neck tattoos. I am really love the art, history and symbolism. I think it is really cool when I see girl with great tattoos. That being said I do not have a single tattoo. I have thought about it a lot and have not come up with the oh so perfect, rest of my life tattoo. I also am super picky and really do not like the way tattoos look over freckles, which I have. So I have made the decision to stay ink fee. This makes mom super happy since my little bro has his whole back and chest done. She has had 2 tattoos and removed them both.

NCshopper · Hermes

I have a small blue star on my foot. It doesn't have any significance, but (this is going to sound completely bizarre) I always felt like something was missing on my foot and I had almost this weird "need" to have a blue star on it. Go figure. I actually thought about it for three years before getting it when I was 19. I still love it and don't regret it at all. It's so small and inoffensive that I don't bother covering it up, even in business situations.

The best compliment I've had on it was from a friend of mine who said she hated tattoos, but mine was the only one she'd ever seen that she really liked.

Even though I love mine, I don't plan on getting any more. I like just having the one.

TheLovelyLady71 · Hermes

I have just TWO tattoos, and I have no regrets in getting them, love both of them!

They are both on my left leg:

On my left calf muscle - the first three letters of my first name

On my left ankle - a small butterfly, b/c butterflies are my favorite insect. I also like the meaning behind butterflies, how they start out in a cocoon, and turn into something beautiful..... :) BOTH tatts I think took LESS than 30 min., and that's just FINE w/me! LOL

I'd like 'maybe' three more (Virgo emblem, a SMALL rose, my initials, Princess in the Chinese emblem), but like some, I don't like pain. It took me 8 yrs. to get my butterfly, so I may wait another 8 yrs.... LOL

Bastet · Kate Spade

I've toyed with the idea of getting one, but I can't think of a design that would be meaningful and that I would like for the rest of my life. I would definitely get some kind of semi permanent tattoo that went away on its own after a year or two. That way I could have the experience with none of the commitment. wink

I also have no idea where I would get it. It would have to be easily concealable for work, somewhere where I won't gain/lose a lot of weight, and somewhere my mother would never, ever see since she thinks tattoos are awful.

Kelly · Hermes

Bastet - I sooo wish there was a way to get a tattoo that would only be around for a couple years.

jacL · Coach

I have two tattoos. I have a tiny Chinese character on my shoulder (it means "loyal") and a small pink flower on my back. They are both important to me and that is why I was prepared to put something on my body for the rest of my life.

My boyfriend just got his second tattoo done--his family's coat of arms. Truthfully, I think it is kind of ugly, but I really love the meaning behind it and it is also very important to him. I do hope he doesn't get any more, though.

squishy · Coach

ttara123 wrote:
Bastet - I sooo wish there was a way to get a tattoo that would only be around for a couple years.

fine-tipped sharpies! :)