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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I absolutely hate tattoos.  My teen sons (for now) feel the same- though we joke about the entire family getting our dog's face tattooed on our bodies. My 26 year old nephew got one which the whole family is not a fan of--he jokes about it too.

I see tattoos everywhere.  Women with calves and full sleeves and tatted out.

I really hate the look of women in wedding dresses or beautiful evening gowns with tattoed arms and back.  It just doesn't look right.[/quote]

It doesn't look right to whom? If it bothered them, they wouldn't have gotten it or covered it.[/quote]

For real.  Plus, women in ball gowns with sleeves can be an incredible look.  I think it can still be tasteful, but it gives an edgier vibe.  This is a woman that I would want to talk with at a party

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DP and I haven’t read the thread yet but this isn’t a ball gown and her appearance doesn’t look tasteful at all.[/quote]

I guess that's the point.  Taste is subjective.  I think she looks absolutely beautiful.  The PP said women like this don't "look right" in formal wear.

I'm not sure what "looking right" actually means.  But I do know that this women absolutely does not look wrong here.  And its not even sex appeal.  She just looks gorgeous and striking.  And some of that is due to the body art she has [/quote]
No, there is an objective element to taste. If she went to a formal society ball like that, she would absolutely not look right. And some of that, although not all of it, is due to her body art.[/quote]

You are wrong.  Beauty & fashion has never come from fitting in and conforming.  If she went to a formal ball, she would probably be the most beautiful one there, and likely the most talked about[/quote]
You sound like you’re 15 years old. And “tasteful” is an entirely different word from “beautiful”.[/quote]

Whatever.  But just for perspective.  I'm 47 years old and grew up in society in Boston, attending prep-boarding schools, became friends with all the famous old money New England names, have attended countless formal events, etc.  I'm not bragging (in fact I usually try to hide that part of my life from most people), but more to explain that I'm no stranger to that world.

She would turn a lot of heads at an event, and in a good way, not because she "doesnt look right"[/quote]
Aren’t we lucky that the thinking of old stuffy, repressed WASPs trickles down into  plebeian societywho are not shielded by the same wealth, privilege and status—which merely reinforces the implicit class element. Tattoos thee but not for me! [/quote]

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