Style guru Ted Polhemus shows how the global wave of enthusiasm for new body decoration is rooted in our past and examines its future direction. Colour photography by young photography duo UZi Part B illustrates what's happening today - people creating their own style from a mixture of techniques. The book is structured as follows: general introduction; then Ted analyses specific forms - the painted body, the tattooed, scarred, ornamented and hairy body. The final three chapters explore and define the main trends - the exotic body (Far East and tribal); artificial/natural (cosmetic looks, plastic surgery) and, finally, the DIY body (creating one's own style). Betti Marenko provides a practical advice section for anyone considering having a tattoo or piercing.
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Ted Polhemus is the author of several books on fashion and body art, including Style Surfing: What to Wear in the Third Millennium and Streetstyle.
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This review is from: Hot Bodies, Cool Styles: New Techniques in Self Adornment (Paperback)
What I like about this book is its emphasis on individuality. It shows many pictures of creative artistic young adults (they all look over 18 years old). It takes you to a secret world most modern mainstream professionals are unaware of. Great for a body art paper based on recent trends.Hint..hint
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This was a wonderful delight to receive. It's about real people, not models, that have taken piercing and tatooing to a whole new level. I love this book because the real people in this book tattoo and pierce themselves according to their life choices and not following the crowd, so to speak.
Every page has a different story of why they do what they do and the pictures in this book are gorgeous. They show close up pictures of the tattoos and piercings so you can see exactly the detail of the work. So, this book is worth the money spent and is a great coffee table book. You can't put it down and when you do, you want to go back again and again.
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