Think Ink

My mother always used to say to me 'No pain, no gain' and I have taken this saying with me through many stages of my life. And I quite literally took it with me to Frith Street Tattoo shop in London's Soho a few weeks ago. Having already had three other tattoos done by the equally wonderful Adem (in Selfridges, Oxford Street before their tattoo parlour sadly closed a few months ago) I found myself with the difficult decision of finding somebody else that I trusted to permanently etch onto my skin and not mess it up. The more people I asked, the more people told me about Frith Street, so I finally decided to go in and put my trust into one of their tattoo artists, Stefano. I now have two tattoos (mini anchors on the inside of both feet) from this incredibly talented young man and they are easily now my favourites, I am sure it is the relaxed atmosphere and the insane skill of the artists that keeps on bringing everybody back (during my fifteen minutes in the tattoo chair, all other artists were busy and the queue of walk-ins was ever growing).

I adore models Freja Beha Erichsen and Erin Wasson, who each have their own individual and very cute etchings, along with Cara Delevingne who has most recently had a lion tattooed on her knuckles, her initials 'CJD' on the side of her hand and 'Made in England' on the sole of her foot (somebody has been bit by the tattoo bug for sure) all inkings done by world renowned Bang Bang, a recommendation from fellow tattoo enthusiast Rihanna. Freja however is arguably one of the most tattooed supermodels (she has a total of 16) and they merely add to her air of nonchalent, Danish cool attitude. Her most distinguished tattoos include a revolver on the inside of her arm, and two sayings 'serendipity is life' and 'tonight the world is mine' on her arm and wrist. Italian fashion blogger Chiara Biasi is also a tattoo fan, with a variety of unique drawings on her body, most notably a lucky number 8 on the inside of her forearm.

Tattoo's are one of those love/hate things but when you look at the likes of Freja, Erin and Chiara below, how can you NOT love them? I have fallen head over heels for my anchors and will be paying Soho a visit in the not so distant future.

http://frithstreettattoo.co.uk/

http://chiarabiasi.it/

I LOVE FRITH STREET. THANK YOU FOR MY ANCHORS.

Freja Beha

Erin Wasson

Cara Delevingne

Chiara Biasi