Forty years ago, Don Ed Hardy blew off a Yale fine-art fellowship ... And for the past year or so, his early tattoo images, the "retro" skulls, sailor girls and derby-topped dragons now in vogue ...

“There’s a whole lot more story than the images they’re seeing ... t think a lot of people that wear Ed Hardy realize the history he has in the tattoo industry,” he said.

Ed Hardy is arguably the first celebrity tattoo artist, famous for the talent ... “It was so cool and so strange doing pictures on people. I became fixated with it. “Of course, people thought ...

SEPTEMBER 13: A general view of atmosphere at the “Ed Hardy: Tattoo The World” Reception at I-20 Gallery on September 13, 2011. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images) “We have decided that ...

SAN FRANCISCO — After getting his BA in printmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) in 1967, Ed Hardy ... Tattoo, the first studio in the country offering custom tattoos. An adjacent ...

But they're tattoos. This isn't sacred." After Hardy bought back his ... inspired his most recognizable images. I have no problem extending an apology to Don Ed Hardy. Revisiting his work has ...

Ed Hardy’s legendary S.F. tattoo shop is shutting down: Here’s how fans can still get inked by former employees Timeline: Trace Ed Hardy’s global influence on tattoo design, roots in San ...

Don Ed Hardy, the famed tattoo artist, must smell good ... and were polite — and bikers who picked from limited, preset pictures. Mr. Hardy, along with a few others in the field, hit on the ...

The Ed Hardy tattoo aesthetic was massive in fashion in ... The press materials received by Bustle feature images of one pair of Ed Hardy sunglasses. These sunnies boast the brand's instantly ...