Do Tattoos Ruin — Or Add To — The Look Of Vintage Lingerie?

The following images come from a seller at eBay (you can buy the baby pink garter there!). The question is:

Do the tats ruin or enhance the look of the vintage lingerie?

Would your answer be different if this weren’t a cute bunny Halloween costume?

13 Responses to "Do Tattoos Ruin — Or Add To — The Look Of Vintage Lingerie?"

sweatshopsissy says:

October 14, 2008 at 6:36 am

I’m not a big fan of tats on women at the best of times so I think they take away from the look.
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Anonymous says:

October 14, 2008 at 6:42 am

Tattoos ruin the look just like a modern thong showing under a vintage slip.

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david says:

October 14, 2008 at 7:09 am

Tattoos are like graffiti.

The sophisticated veneer which western culture has acquired belies the primitive genetic inheritance which affects us all.

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Sheen V says:

October 14, 2008 at 12:04 pm

For me, it depends on the type of lingerie and the type(s) of tattoo. Are the two from the same era, or have the same theme? Some tattoos can be very sexy to me.

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Treacle says:

October 14, 2008 at 3:19 pm

That’s like asking if small nipples or stretch marks or a large rump ruin or add to the look of vintage lingerie.

They’re part of the look of the woman, and if she’s satisfied with how she looks, everyone else be damned.

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Anonymous says:

October 14, 2008 at 11:29 pm

I can look past her tat’s. Check out her Ebay site and find out why.

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Greg says:

October 15, 2008 at 12:19 am

We’ve been in Paris for the last week, where the women are simply gorgeous, clothed and un-clothed. And not a tatoo in sight – thank god. Spent an entire morning in the lingerie dept of Printemps with Jane – mm-mm, the Europeans really appreciate tease.

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Miss Janey says:

October 15, 2008 at 12:35 pm

Miss J is not much for tattoos, with or w/o lingerie.

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SlipOfAGirl says:

October 15, 2008 at 1:58 pm

Wow, a plethora of posted comments!

Treacle, you said/wrote: "They're part of the look of the woman, and if she's satisfied with how she looks, everyone else be damned."

Naturally I agree! But I'm specifically speaking of the romantic elegant look of vintage lingerie; an artistic response to fashion as a costume sort-of-a-thing.

I myself have a

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Treacle says:

October 15, 2008 at 5:41 pm

Thanks for the clarification.

I suppose my simplest answer would be “No.”

I don’t think tattoos and elegance or romance are at all oppositional. Romance and elegance come from the woman, and ,especially, from a confident woman.

I don’t know…this feels like an invitation for men to judge women’s bodies, rather than a affirmation for women to do what feels good to

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Caracala says:

October 17, 2008 at 7:35 pm

I think it completely depends on the outfit, the girl, and the tattoo. Sometimes it’s great, sometimes, eh, not so much.

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Anonymous says:

October 19, 2008 at 7:34 pm

Without a doubt, they take away from the look.

girlyguy

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Aspasia says:

November 2, 2008 at 4:44 pm

I totally agree with treacle and slipofagirl. I think this post here from a blogger associate of mine is apropos. To answer the question, I do not think it takes away from the lingerie, especially if the color(s) of the lingerie compliment the color(s) in the tattoo.

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