Wear your dreams
Subtitle: my life in tattoos
By: Ed Hardy with Joel Selvin
Contributors: Selvin, Joel
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781250008824; 9781250021076
Subjects: Artists, Architects, Photographers; Tattoo artists; Business; Artists; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Biography
Description: ""Ed Hardy" is emblazoned on everything from t-shirts and hats to perfumes and energy drinks. From LA to Japan, his colorful cross-and-bones designs and ribbon-banners have become internationally ubiquitous. But long before the fashion world discovered his iconic designs, the man behind the eponymous brand spearheaded nothing less than a cultural revolution. In Wear Your Dreams, Ed Hardy recounts his genesis as a tattoo artist and leader in the movement to recognize tattooing as a valid and rich art form, through to the ultimate transformation of his career into a multi-billion dollar branding empire. From giving colored pencil tattoos to neighborhood kids at age ten to working with legendary artists like Sailor Jerry to learning at the feet of the masters in Japan, the book explains how this Godfather of Tattoos fomented the explosion of tattoo art and how his influence can be witnessed on everyone, from countless celebs to ink-adorned rockers to butterfly-branded, stroller-pushing moms. With over fifty different product categories, the Ed Hardy brand generates over $700 million in retail sales annually. Vividly packaged with original Ed Hardy artwork and ideal for ink devotees and Ed Hardy aficionados alike, Wear Your Dreams is a never-before-seen look at the tattoo artist who rocked the art world and has left a permanent mark on fashion history."--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: My life in tattoos; title: Kiddie tattoos; title: San Francisco Art Institute; title: Phil Sparrow; title: Dragon tattoo; title: Seattle winter; title: Sailortown; title: Sailor Jerry; title: Ichiban; title: Summit meeting; title: Japan; title: Realistic; title: Reno; title: Tattoo city; title: Skins & skulls; title: Queen Mary; title: Tokyo; title: Roma; title: The Hamilton; title: Honolulu; title: Beyond skin; title: 2000 dragons; title: Christian; title: The last tattoo.