Tattoo Valentine's Day

Tattoo Valentine's Day

Miss Tattoo 2012

Introducing Haili Hughes also known as Coco Fierce. This year she's going all-out to win Miss Tattoo UK. Haili needs your votes to qualify so please read on, register and give her your support. Here's what she had to say:

1) What's your background?

I have a really varied background in that I did an English degree at Leeds University and was lucky enough to get a job straight at The News of the World in London as a journalist. After several years there I moved back to Warrington and retrained as an English teacher. I am married with a three year old son called Hendrix Ramone. In my spare time I like to read. I can devour two novels a week. I enjoy cooking spicy, exotic food and spending time with friends and family. I am obsessed with fashion and have over one hundred pairs of shoes! I love attending festivals and gigs by rockabilly, punk and metal bands. I also write a column on life as a modern pin up girl for Pin Up Passion website and model quite a lot as well. I occasionally sleep...

2) How did you get into the Rockabilly scene?

I got into the rockabilly scene quite late, as before that I was doing a similiar thing but wasn't completely aware of how huge a sub-culture it was. I've always been obsessed with 40s and 50s movie stars and wanted to look like them. But until this year I could never find any rockabilly clothes that fit as I was a UK size 22! Now I've lost 6.5 stone in the last year and I completely live my life in rockabilly clothes - even at school! The kids love it!!!

3) When did you get your first tattoo?

I got my first tattoo at seventeen. It is a little butterfly on my shoulder and I hate it! Will be getting it covered later this month when I have a full back piece. I had a few small ones done during university, but my real addiction started when I returned to Warrington and started to have my tattoos done by Paul Suanders at Voodoo Tattoo in Warrington. I would never go to anybody else now as he is so amazing! In September my thigh tattoo he did for me won best of day award at Coventry Tattoo Convention, which has just been the pinnacle of my tattoing experience so far!

4) What is the inspiration behind your tattoos?

I have many inspirations behind my tattoos. I have an Andy Warhol one on my hip which shows how much I love the pop art movement and I have several music related ones like The Libertines logo, The Smiths logo around my wrist and the banner on my chest is going to contain Joy Division lyrics. I have a large half sleeve pin up which represents all the gorgeous, strong women who have inspired me to go into modelling. The rest of my tattoos are very old school style and go hand in hand with my rockabilly lifestyle.

5) How would you describe your personal style?

My style is very much based on the rockabilly/psychobilly scene. I love all things glamorous and 1950s but also adore the kitsch, zombie stuff. I also love the weirdness of Lolita and Harajuki stuff. All of the bright colours are amazing!

6) Where are your favourite places to clothes shop?

I love to shop in charity shops and find vintage bargains. E-bay is a staple of my clothes buying also. I must admit I do get most of my clothes online, as I only ever find the odd thing on the high street. Favourite labels are things like Iron Fist, Hell Bunny, Collectif, Sourpuss, Tara Starlet. The Dolly Dagger and Attitude Clothing websites are fab. For shoes I adore Iron Fist, Irregular Choice, TUK and trusty Converse for dress down days. I like my jewellery very quirky so Tatty Devine and Etsy are great for a splurge.

Haili is a sure winner! Please help her to qualify for Miss Tattoo UK which is being organised by the Liverpool Tattoo Convention and Gladstone Magazine. Judging starts in April 2012. She needs your votes so please register now and vote for Coco Fierce. Go Coco! She's definitely one to watch out for!

Permeated the 2012 Philadelphia Tattoo Convention

Have you ever heard the sound of 100 tattoo needles all buzzing at once? The sound gently vibrates the room and creates an intoxicating white noise that permeated the 2012 Philadelphia Tattoo Convention. It's audible from the minute you hit the escalator that led to the third floor that hosted hundreds of the best tattoo artists from all over the country. Strewn on every table in any position you could imagine, the masses lined up to get new ink.

Permeated the 2012 Philadelphia Tattoo Convention

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Milan Fashion Week Report

A model presents a creation by Bosnian-born designer Lidija Kolovrat on the first day of the Lisbon Fashion Week, in Lisbon, Portugal, 08 March 2012. The Lisbon Fashion Week takes place from 08 to 11 March.

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Destination: Fashion Week! New York Fall 2012

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- In this Sept. 15, 2011 file photo, 1920s fashion from the spring 2012 Ralph Lauren Collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York. The fashion cycle is predictable in that everything old becomes new again, but what keeps you guessing is what period of the past will influence the most modern trends? For this spring, think about the 1920s Jazz Age and the dropped-waist dresses, long necklaces and free spirit that went with it.


FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2011 file photo, 1920s-inspired fashion from the spring 2012 Ralph Lauren Collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York. The fashion cycle is predictable in that everything old becomes new again, but what keeps you guessing is what period of the past will influence the most modern trends? For this spring, think about the 1920s Jazz Age and the dropped-waist dresses, long necklaces and free spirit that went with it


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Etro Fall-winter 2012-2013 collection..Women's fashion week in Milan

Models display creations as part of Etro Fall-winter 2012-2013 collection on February 24, 2012 during the Women's fashion week in Milan


Models display creations as part of Etro Fall-winter 2012-2013 collection on February 24, 2012 during the Women's fashion week in Milan





AItalian designer Veronica Etro acknowledges the audience at the end of Etro Fall-winter 2012-2013 collection on February 24, 2012 during the Women's fashion week in Milan.


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fashiontv - Etro Full Show Fall 2011 Milan Women

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Japanese Street Fashion by Bubble Punch

Japanese Street Fashion by Bubble Punch

Japanese Street Fashion Show - The Grove, LA 2012

touchME Spring 2012 Showcase

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Jean Paul Gultier Womenswear Spring Summer 2012 Full Fashion Show

Fashion Show Oman

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PINK TARTAN - WORLD MASTERCARD FASHION WEEK FALL 2012 COLLECTIONS

the Fall/Winter 2012-2013 ready-to-wear collection show,

Models present creations by Swiss designer Albert Kriemler for Akris during the Fall/Winter 2012-2013 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 4, 2012 in Paris



A model presents a creation by Swiss designer Albert Kriemler for Akris during the Fall/Winter 2012-2013 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 4, 2012 in Paris

A model presents a creation by Swiss designer Albert Kriemler for Akris during the Fall/Winter 2012-2013 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 4, 2012 in Paris.


A model presents a creation by Swiss designer Albert Kriemler for Akris during the Fall/Winter 2012-2013 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 4, 2012 in Paris.



New York Fall/Winter 2012/13 Review - The Best of NYFW! | FashionTV





FENDI FALL WINTER 2012-13 FASHION SHOW

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Long black leather shoes

 

That was a really funny story how I've got those shoes: 

I was in my way to uni; perhaps it was a first time I was not running late so I was going very slowly and when I felt I'll be too early an idea topped up into my head to go to have a look  to any of the high-street stores. New look was in my way. At that time I felt that one of my heels (poor quality shoes but at that time I really wanted them and ordered them online from chinese online store) is not stable and I felt uncomfortable about that.  This is how my  already slow catwalk into super-slow walk. 

Basically, after 2 mins in the store I ended up leaving it with a new pair of shoes -I must confess that was quick, that is just not me to be that quick and careless - it was a massive 70% sale so I grabbed the last pair of long leather shoes for only 30 pounds and managed to put my old Chinese shoes to my (luckily empty) bag so that I wouldn't need to come back home to get rid of them. 

That is exactly the same outfit I was wearing that slow walk to uni day. 

  

On the plus side,  shoes proved being really comfortable and good quality. I've never been a huge fan of leather - usually if I liked some shoes I didn't care much is it the real leather or not. I've never been a huge fan of long shoes either - it always seemed to me it is something I can hardly adapt to my daily life, especially after many years seeing my mother wearing all kind of long leather shoes to her work. 

However, these kind of shoes are not for everyone - you won't look elegant or girly wearing them.

Another minor detail- they do not have a zip so sometimes it is not that easy to take them off. 

To sum up, I think these shoes are ideal for someone who is confident to be extraordinary and to play with their look. 

I am happy and somebody doesn't like me??? Perhaps, but it is not the story I wanted to tell you this time. That is a song I can't fully understand but still I can't take out of my head sometimes - 

Asobi Seksu - "I am happy but you don't like me"

Arise Magazine Fashion Week 2012

Arise Magazine Fashion Week 2012 10Two workers prepare a title backdrop for the upcoming fashion display at the ARISE Fashion Week event in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, March 8, 2012.


A model displays an outfit by designer David David of the United Kingdom at the ARISE Fashion Week event in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday, March 8, 2012

A model wearing an outfit by designer David David of the United Kingdom at the ARISE Fashion Week event in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday, March 8, 2012.


6A model displays clothes from The Collection of La Quan Smith at The Arise Magazine Fashion Week at Victoria Island in Lagos late on March 8, 2012.


A model displays an outfit by designer Kluk CGDT of South Africa at the ARISE Fashion Week event in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, March 11, 2012.


A model displays an outfit by designer Frank Osodi of Nigeria at the ARISE Fashion Week event in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, March 11, 2012.

A model displays an outfit at the ARISE Fashion Week event in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, March 11, 2012

Fashion designer Ozwald Boateng of the United Kingdom salutes the crowd during the ARISE Fashion Week event in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, March 11, 2012

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Arise Magazine Fashion Week 2012