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Collector I have been noticing and very very recently. Have I been noticing
people and trends are
shifting all the time and in the last two weeks, I think that
Tattoos and not just like tattoos on us that has been peeking
but like tattoo clothing is back in trend and
People are people are going for it two nights ago. I saw Iggy Azalea wearing a like
tattoo bodysuit kind of shirt
I saw Brett Minh rock wearing one and Jeffrey star a few weeks ago had these like tattoo gloves on and
all of these people you can assume are wearing high fashion clothing and
I want to be clear that I'm not talking about tattoo imagery used in a t-shirt
So I am not completely against things like this
Which may or may not surprise you and as I get older, you know on a lot list. Well, I'm more bitter
I don't want to say less bitter
But I'm a lot more like let the kids do what they want
Even things like this like this t-shirt that has like some sort of like tattoo we kind of thing
I'm actually really into this my friend is moving away
so I was like
Let's trade shirts before you leave and this is the one that he traded me and I'm actually really into it
he was like I thought you would like it and I was like, I'm not offended and then I have this shirt that like
that's like
Literally my tattoo like I have this tattoo on my body and yalena like by me and she's like I'm making this shirt
Can I send you one it's your tattoo. And this has been like her banner and stuff and I really like it
So this is literally my tattoo on a t-shirt but to be clear like that's not what I'm talking about
I'm talking about like tattoo bodysuit
Clothing and if I have a problem with it, so before you click out because I'm going to answer the question
I do want to talk about a little bit of the history of these bodysuit shirts
And I was actually just having this conversation with my friend the other day
I am not completely versed in tattoo history
If you came up to me and asked me like what was the first tattoo shop?
I would be like a lot of things like that. I just can't answer
You might be able to just tell that I'm not a huge
This is how it used to be and this is how it goes, but I do
Really always appreciate like going to Rose tattoo where the history of tattooing is pretty important and Mark likes to collect
Original flash sheets and that's where this comes from mark has an original
bodysuit t-shirt from the
1970s when the first one that I am aware of was printed, so I was actually able to meet Lyle Tuttle
before he passed away and he was famous for having his bodysuit printed on a t-shirt with his permission and
You know his idea and with his tattoos on it
I found some really cool pictures that I believe her from the 70s what people wearing this Lyle Tuttle bodysuit
the woman has to like styled with a belt next to him and
It just seems fun
And at the time I bet really new and risque and interesting and I'm sure
the people opposed to it were probably people who are opposed to tattoos and not tattoo collectors who were opposed to the idea of
People wearing tattoos and not having tattoos
so this Lyle Tuttle t-shirt actually went back into reproduction last year and
unfortunately Lyle Tuttle passed away, but you've probably
Heard of him or have seen his tattoos or somehow have been affected by the waves
He made in the industry from there if you use that as a jumping off point
Almost like this legend in the industry potentially was the first person to ever make this tattoo t-shirt
It was a bet it was his literal tattoos. He was like you want to be me for her day
Where my skin?
Don't worry. It's cotton. I've seen the Lyle Tuttle bodysuit shirt
I've seen it in real life and I never thought it was like weird cheesy
but it is miles away from like the N Hardy shirt trend that came in the
2000s and I felt like was never going to go away and I have a sailor Jerry tattoo
I have a love kill slow tattoo and when I saw the t-shirt and my ex
Sent it to me and just Adele. Well, of course, I felt completely awful
not only was the Ed Hardy shirt like
completely
unfashionable and unreasonable
it was the allure of tattoos like being badass or being American that I felt like
Propelled this trend but it was the people who are interested in the like rhinestones
Aspect and the tattered aspect and like being like dialed up all the way up to here
I think is what made all of these ed hardy shirts like
Unreasonably, taboo to tattooed people who are like that shit's ridiculous
I don't necessarily think it's because of the Sailor Jerry imagery
However, I think it pushed all of us away from Tatsu clothing for the most part. Probably a hundred percent
I still wouldn't wear an Ed Hardy t-shirt. It doesn't matter what was on it
They're all kind of crazy
But I am specifically talking about shirts that when you put them on make it look like you have tattoos
So generally these shirts are made of like a mesh material that like forms to the skin or their body hugging. So it's
confusing at a glance to tell the difference
So like I said, I've been seeing celebrities wear these shirts
My impression of that is that they're going to start trending and that's because I feel like I'm seeing the like shakers in the industry
Hold them out of this weird Ed Hardy gross
We don't like and putting it on the run way and just attaching things to it
That could be controversial and could be the same kind of like badass flare 10 11 years ago the ed hardy
You know sampled and now they're giving it to like the influential leaf
So Bret Monroe who I love was wearing this shirt the other day from a from what I understand high fashion brand called
Vitamins and if you look at the top they show it on the runway if you go on their Instagram
Which has like over three million followers
They have the shirt on a couple different people and if you read the comments
they're kind of mixed a mixed audience of
Believing that the shirt is cheesy or corny or expensive from what I found I found this shirt
Ranging from between three hundred and fifty dollars to seven hundred dollars online
If you go on rep men's Instagram post you'll notice that there is some
Russian kind of commentary in the in the comments and that is because the shirt features a lot of Russian Prison tattoos
So I have never made a video on my channel about Russian Prison tattoos, but two very very briefly fill you in
Russian Prison tattoos are a variety of tattoos that when you get put into the prison system in Russia
You either get from the prison or while you're in the prison you are tattooed by someone amongst
you know the prison population and your tattoos kind of denote the thing that you did that put you in prison and
Some of them are really really crazy and really vile and then some of them aren't that bad and are almost like good luck charms
A lot of tattoo artists won't put these tattoos on you. If you ask I have one Russian prison tattoo and
like I said, some of the tattoos are
Charms or good luck. And then some of them are you know?
They represent a murder you did or like in Britain's tattoo?
it has the big like castle and
From what I understand every tear of the castle that you get is like another
Murder you committed
I haven't had one of these books in my hands for like two or three years
But I did read there's a series of like English translated books
I think it's like four books about Russian prison tattoos, and I read all of them, but I can leave like an Amazon link
They're interesting and I think if you're a tattoo collector
It's worth either having these books in your possession because I think it does help you if whether you are
Interested in that kind of culture, which I am I think civics are interesting
It also kind of helps you because I've seen tattoo artists put these tattoos on their flesh eats
And it might be helpful to you to know what they look like just in case you are
Cautious or superstitious about getting these tattoos, you know
If you live in a community or plan to travel to Russia, it's probably not a good idea to have one of these tattoos
Just in case. I don't know. I've never been to Russia
I texted my one Russian friend about it and then felt nervous about asking him for a favor
So I just stopped replying but either way I'm not telling you not to get these tattoos
But I am Telling You that is the tattoo on the shirt does Brett Minh know?
No, does it really matter? Probably not but I will say I'm not familiar with the designer
so this was probably a design choice that the designer made because like I said
There's a lot of like taboo feelings about these Russian Prison tattoos, and I can't tell you if people still get them
But I'm sure there are still people in prison who have them. So, I think it's interesting
But like I said, I think ed Hardy's like t-shirts
Were originally put out there to be like tattoos. Uh
What is his name? I just said it. I keep thinking Jerry Springer
No, I have no brain cells Sailor Jerry also has you know
Like a liquor line and a cologne line and all of these kind of feel like life style to me
Almost like how tattoo magazines are like and in this volume. We'll talk about boobs. We'll talk about motorcycles and we'll talk about guns. I
Feel like if that's what the person is going towards if they're trying to cultivate that
Diving right into Russian prison tattoos is definitely a mood other than that
I saw Iggy Azalea wearing a tattoo bodysuit kind of shirt
Which I thought was pretty flattering on her and when you look it up online
The prices for these shirts are in the hundreds of dollars
so like I said Geoffrey Starr had a glove on and I remember thinking that he had his
Tattoos on his hand lasered off and redone. I was looking through the comments and people are saying it's a Gucci glove
So I looked it up
This glove is like two hundred and thirteen dollars online and it is a mesh glove that has tattoos on it
You know like a snake going down the finger of phrase
I think it says love I have to look at it, but I thought this was really convincing and I also enjoy the like
juxtaposition between
Someone who is heavily tattooed and someone who put this glove on to almost wear different tattoos
I know the culture around Jeffrey star is like high designer so it could just be him
Wanting to wear designer and have nothing to do with like my inference of it
But either way Gucci has a couple of these gloves that they've made I don't know a lot about high-end fashion
These are the things I have noticed
Coming up and I do believe it's going to become a trend
I think things that I would find unacceptable of this trend is to
Blatantly steal someone else's tattoos and not work with a tattoo artist
But different things and different motifs. I feel like like tribal. I sell a lot of like tribal
Tattoo body suits that are popular right now that are on other kind of sites like fashion
Nobody kind of sites like kind of Club. We're still with the high-end like $100 but tribal and things like that
I feel like obviously I would make a huge fuss if someone put like my back piece on one of these shirts
Obviously there are different protections in the works. Are they pain in the ass and probably not worth it
Obviously, I believe that these things are going to become high-fashion why like I said?
I think tattoo culture has always been something that stays like
mystifying and taboo and interesting Yves if it needs to be reinvented from
crystals and
bedazzled club wear to
subtly or blatantly controversial
Russian prison tattoo
adornments on the runway
but I think tattoos will always be a little bit shocking and
There has to be new ways to reinvent that since more and more of us are getting tattoos
More and more of us are employable with tattoos and more and more of us. Like just don't care because of that
I think that tattoos will always remain
interesting printed on clothing and whatever and if n hardy is far enough away that
high-end fashion is trying to re-approach it and take it on and give it to influencers or
Influencers are going and buying it because it's high fashion. Even if they have tattoos. I do think it's interesting
In conclusion, I think what I'm trying to say is
controversy sells and
shock culture is
Way better than any advertisement that you can even pay for these days
So if people are trying to push the envelope and go with something that time and time again has always
Offered some sort of envelope pushing
Then creating tattoo clothing is a good way to go
I think I would wear it and it would be fun
I actually have a mesh t-shirt that I wear because my tattoos that I have show through it
and there was a time where I was at a family party with my biological family and
I had tights on where you could see my tattoos through and my great-aunt
Asked me where I got them
And I thought that's weird Kmart
But then I was like she doesn't know I'm tattooed and she thinks that these are tattoo print and I'm going to lie
So tattoo clothing, thank you for getting me out of that one and tattoo clothing coming in trend. I'm not mad
I'm just here to observe
Anyway, I love you guys so so much. What do you guys think about tattoo clothing coming back into trend?
Do you think that it is paying homage to the original Lyle Tuttle?
Bodysuit or it is is it something that just is interesting and marketable and fun?
Anyway, my pew box is wide open if any of these companies want to send me tattoo clothing
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