Do not let the word "Titooing" catch on. It's disgusting.
And you're right.... I think in chronological order we've had the following fashionable/fad tattoos in the UK:
- Butterfly/dolphin on ankle/shoulder
Barbed wire armband
Tribal tramp stamp
Nasty tribal squiggle on the side of the hand (thanks Cheryl Cole)
And now to a lesser extent, skin toned nipple hearts (although I still like the different coloured ones).
Fucking "water colour" style tattoos seem to be doing the rounds at the moment too - another fashion which will date horribly. I don't think that they'll have the longevity of other designs.
Grayson Perry recently said that he didn't "get" tattoos because you can often look at them and immediately apply a date to them, he said it was like having bell bottoms permanently attached to your legs.
Following trends and fashions will do that. It's far better to go off on one and create your own sense of self and style like Kinkerbelle, Lady Ginch and others have. I got shot down by some ranty types on another post but I think a lot of the model types that are getting squiggly words on their jawlines/above their eyebrows are also falling into that same fashion trap.
