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Designer Tattoos - Getting a Logo Inked on Your Body

by Mark Ellwood (Subscribe to Mark Ellwood's posts)
Posted Sep 10th 2009 at 6:00AM  
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A call to arms. Fashion lover D'Mitri Agnés-Capone shows off his Lanvin ink. Photo: Courtesy of D'Mitri Agnés-Capone

It's Mecedes-Benz Spring 2010 Fashion Week, and we love our designers as much as the next fashionable girl.

But some true brand loyalists really, really love their designers, and are having fashion logos implanted right on their skin.

Opting for permanent brand loyalty, especially the Nike swoosh or Louis Vuitton logo, is a growing trend. Just ask the anonymous New York fashionista and blogger who made a rather cheeky choice when he tattooed the interlocking Chanel Cs on his buttock.



"It was 1994, and I was 17 and I lived for the Chanel advertising at that time," he confesses. The glossy photos of Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington draped in Karl Lagerfeld designs, each page embossed with the fashion house's iconic logo, were enough to make him enamored forever. "I pulled into a 7-Eleven, picked up a Vogue, where I knew I'd for sure find the logo, and headed over the parlor." Eighteen years later, he still loves it. "The tattoo was to be mine and mine alone. I didn't want it exposed, so I put it on my upper buttocks."

He made a smart choice – the Chanel logo is one of the most popular fashion tattoos, and with good reason, according to Stephanie Tamez, who runs inking headquarters at Brooklyn Adorned. "I love the Chanel C," she says. "I don't know if it's that it typographically appeals to me so much or if it's that, growing up, it was the epitome of classic."

Tamez has seen a rise in logo inking over the past decade; certainly, when she started work 15 years ago, no one was asking for Polo or Coco permanently on his or her body. Tamez believes that origin of this trend begins with military emblems and extends to the band logos that were popular throughout the 70s and 80s. She understands the allure of the fashion obsession. After all, these are some of the best designed - and most iconic – logos in the world now.

"I recently did a rhinoceros, the Ecko logo, and the girl told me 'I love it – the design, everything they stand for as a company, I'm totally all about them.'"

(Clearly, Chanel has no copyright anxiety, either – when that anonymous New York fashionista landed a job in its office stateside, the head of Pret-a-Porter pinned a Polaroid of his inked bottom to her wall.) Though Tamez is hands-off with clients when it comes to choosing designs she does always have one warning when a client mulls a designer marque forever. "Are you sure you real love it that much," she laughs, "and it's not going to be out of season next year?"

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Designer Tattoos
Anyone can simply blog about their favorite designer or become a fan of their Facebook page. These days true brand loyalists aren't content with declaring their devotion vis-a-vis the latest wave of social media. Oh no, today's label-loving extremists are having fashion logos implanted right on their skin. By Mark Ellwood
Courtesy of D'Mitri Agnés-Capone

Designer Tattoos

    Lanvin Lover "I decided to get the tattoo for a couple of reasons," says Boston-based fashion-lover D'Mitri Agnés-Capone about his iconic ink.

    "I have been an avid collector of LANVIN for a long time but wanted to memorialize the brand in a way that was really personal and unique. I believe that, in their designs, Alber Elbaz and his predecessors have epitomized what fashion aims to be: glamorous, fantasied, larger-than-life ... Who wouldn't want a little part of that?"

    Courtesy of D'Mitri Agnés-Capone

    Cuckoo for Coco "I pulled into a 7-Eleven, picked up a Vogue, where I knew I'd find the logo, and headed over the parlor," says an anonymous NYC-based fashion blogger and man-about-town.

    Eighteen years later, he still loves it. "The tattoo was to be mine and mine alone. I didn't want it exposed, so I put it on my upper buttocks."

    Cheeky choice!

    Mad for Marc In March of 2006, Marc Jacobs' then paramour Jason Preston famously had his boyfriend's logo tattooed on his arm. While the ink remains, the relationship was over long ago.

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    Living la Vida Vuitton It looks like Preston isn't the only dude loving Marc Jacobs' iconic creations. At a party for the French fashion house in May 2007, party-goer Ned Karlovich showed off his loyalty for the brand...on his arm.

    PatrickMcMullan.com

    Sweet Tweet After Coogi owner Daymond John offered $5,000 dollars worth of clothing to the next person who followed him on Twitter, fan Natalie Mangum responded with high hopes. In a separate tweet to a friend wrote that she would tattoo the Coogi logo on her body if she won.

    John saw that exchange and doubled the offer if Mangum went through with it.


    "I love the line," she says. "I got it tattooed and sent him a pic plus a video of it happening!"


    John flew Mangum to New York to pick out the well-earned clothing and star in an exclusive photo shoot. "Now I'm like a walking billboard for Coogi," she says. "I love my tattoo...I wouldn't change a thing."

    Courtesy of Natalie Mangum

    Air Jordan Believe it or not, the Coogi tattoo isn't Natalie Mangum's only branded ink. She also has the Michael Jordan "jump man" logo on her right shoulder blade.

    "I got this when I was 19 because I believed - and still do - that he is the best NBA player that ever lived," she says.

    Courtesy of Natalie Mangum

    What a Croc! An Izod-loving hipster shows off his branded chest featuring the iconic crocodile logo.

    JOE M500, flickr

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crewtsl, 9-10-2009, 2:12PM

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Tiffany, 9-10-2009, 2:36PM

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Tiffany

You do realize that not everyone w/a tattoo is a lowlife as you put it.
What about military tattoos?
Are they lowlifes b/c they have one?
What about the people who have them as a memorial to a loved one?

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pete, 9-10-2009, 3:13PM

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pete

Dumb azz hollywierdites get tats, so all the weak minded sheep of the public school system follow along. Only difference is, when tats are no longer cook (hollywierdites hit middle age and their "Sexy babe" tramp stamp looks like "Old hag") they have the money to have it removed. Most of the sheep who follow along won't have that money, and will be expecting obamacare to take care of it for them. That would be you and I! We are already paying their mortgages because they'd rather spend their money on tats, piercings and body jewelry.

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sam, 9-10-2009, 2:25PM

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sam

i love tat's do what you want people its you body.

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Ryan, 9-10-2009, 2:27PM

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Ryan

Some people make stupid comments on here - I think these tattoos are stupid but not other ones - I am a buisness man who you can say has 2 commas after my name and I have tattoos. I also know other workers that have them and to say they are for lowlifes shows your status. Most places people have them you wouldnt notice them anyway so you would not know if you hired them

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Baffled, 9-10-2009, 2:33PM

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No need to worry about which (pathetic) logo it was when it was installed. Just tell the grandkids you were studying to be psychotherapist....and the tattoo was from infamous Rohrshach test.....by the time these dim bulbs are 60, that's what it'll look like...a smudgy inkblot....not unlike their brains.

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dave, 9-10-2009, 2:31PM

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are they nice and young, you dick.

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christy, 9-10-2009, 2:31PM

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To associate tattoos with being a lowlife is really lame. I say that if you meet someone with an interesting tattoo, you've met a person with a story. If you can represent the good things in your life with just one little tattoo, or even a big one, then go for it. It's your skin, it's your life, you only live once, so make it count while you can. Although I am a fan of being able to express yourself such as getting inked or pierced, getting a logo or brand name tattooed on you is just utterly ridiculous.

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Bob H, 9-10-2009, 2:34PM

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They need a dick tattooed on their foreheads.

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xanadar, 9-10-2009, 2:39PM

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the stupidity of people can never be underestimated.

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kris, 9-10-2009, 2:40PM

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your an idiot tattoos do not make someone a low life.. tattoos have been apart of society for almost as long as people have been on this earth.. a tattoo does not make someones worth any less than someone without one.. I can't stand people like you who believe there way is the only right way.. Every person has value no matter what.. I hope your children have a more open mind than you do and run like hell as soon as there old enough..

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really?, 9-10-2009, 2:47PM

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If you won't hire people because they have tattoos you are seriously misguided and discrimanatory!!!! Just because a person has a few tats does not mean they cannot be a good employee or professional!!! Personally, I have 4 tattoos and work as a legal assistant in a very successful law firm. My husband has 5 tattoos and works as an account manager.

I just have to ask.... REALLY?

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vsf, 9-10-2009, 2:46PM

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wow you are an idiot! and so judgemental! you are the low life! hahaha

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Edward Barcia, 9-13-2009, 2:33AM

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Famous Stars And Straps till I die.

Haha love my tat!

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shannon, 9-10-2009, 2:45PM

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Yeah kllyocr because THAT is all that makes your daughters a success. Not that they are kind people or anything. It sounds like you obviously don't care what kind of people your daughters become as long as on the outside they represent you well. You need mental help.

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Josh, 9-10-2009, 2:46PM

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im sorry but i believe your wrong in todays society tattoos does not mean DRUGS okay all before religion was tribal and quite frankly its fashion bc of media! and believe it or not when your kid turns 18 or older they might have a tattoo that sybolizes them srry for my misspells but im in a hurry and yes if you are wondering i am a supporter of NORML i am pro marijuana however hate and stomp on anything else including booze and am currently in college and am making A's and B's!!

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Karen, 9-10-2009, 2:48PM

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WOW! in this day and age...you really are ignorant. My daughters, when they turned 18, designed our family tattoo...like a family crest, and we each sport it on our scapula. It has deep significance for us, and since the same artist who helped us design it, tattooed it, it is magnificent. I never thought I would get tattooed over 40 (since I am not a lowlife), but I get so many compliments on its beauty, never mind when people understand the significance, that I believe it is one of the better decisions I made, as well as for family solidarity. The girls were going to get tats anyway (as well as have sex, get pregnant, and all that!)....if you can't beat them, join them. None of us is going into a nunnery soon. Good luck with yours, though. We need more priests and nuns!

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imacrzy1, 9-10-2009, 2:49PM

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So many people want to label those with tatoos as lowlifes. That's fine, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have many tatoos and work in a high profile business where I deal with clients daily. Not a one of them or my co-workers even know I have the tatoos, nor would you know if you interviewed me for "your business". I have tatoos because I like them, not because I want someone else to like them. They in no way affect how I work or how my job is done. Sometimes you just cant judge a book by its cover! You never know the secrets that may lay beneath!

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Mindy, 9-10-2009, 3:00PM

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My grandfather (who has passed away) was in WWII and had tattoo's from that time in his life, My husband (who was a Marine in Vietnam) also has tattoo's from his time in the service. Both of these people are true American hero's and for you to refer to them as lowlifes simply because of a little ink on their skin is extremely offensive. But just keep in mind that you are only allowed to speak your ridiculous opinions because of the people that you refer to as lowlifes fought and died for your freedom.

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