Tattooing

4 Nov 2012

A tribal tradition that saw pubescent girls tattooed to render them ugly to marauding males is dying out. Words and pictures by Brent Lewin

11:36PM

NY Ink star in Hong Kong for opening

14 Sep 2012

Inked up by the tender age of 13, tattoo artist Ami James of TLC's reality show NY Ink hasn't always been a star.

"The stereotypes attached to people who are tattooed - I've heard them all...

9:37AM

Indelible Ink

1 Jul 2012

Indelible Ink
by Fiona McGregor

Atlantic Books (e-book)

7:00PM

Style meter

27 May 2012

HOT

Peter Pilotto's spring-summer prints

Psychedelic and Indonesian inspired.

Tattoo art accessories

Jean Paul Gaultier continues to be...

3:49PM

Tattoos make a mark on students

8 May 2012

There was a time when tattoos drew stares and universal disapproval. But they are quickly becoming part of the mainstream culture, at least on university campuses.

2:29PM

Skincare brand chief demonstrates the art of covering up

30 Apr 2012

American skincare brand DMK held the Asian launch of its new make-up range in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The brand's founder, American biological scientist Dr Danne Montague-King, flew in specially...

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Spring a surprise

Keeping to one particular style can give your home a cohesive look, but sometimes going to a store that has a wide selection can help define which direction you should be going.

12:03PM

When a tattoo was taboo

Tattoos have a long - and surprisingly complicated - history in this part of the world. Given Hong Kong's role from the mid-19th century onwards as one of the world's major ports, sailors...

11:39AM

Sacred Skin: Thailand's Spirit Taboos

Sacred Skin: Thailand's Spirit Taboos
by Tom Vater
Visionary World Ltd

9:30PM

Google frustration gives tattoo fan Alex a bright idea for a magazine

Six months ago, 23-year-old Hong Kong resident Alex Lendrum was contemplating getting a tattoo, but had no idea where to go. A Google search yielded results, but also dozens of queries from local...

6:29PM

Think twice before inking

I am writing in response to the star letter by Chow Pak-kwan, 'A tattoo is not the sign of a criminal' (Young Post, February 17).

8:10PM

A tattoo is not the sign of a criminal

The art of tattooing has been practised for centuries worldwide. But how do you feel when you meet someone who has tattoos? That he's a bad guy from a criminal organisation? Or someone who has...

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