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Wed 11 Nov 2010'You have no idea what's going on beneath people's clothes'
You're now as likely to see a tattoo on a lawyer as on a salty sailor, and - costing €100 an hour to apply - body art rivals pricey jewellery as a status symbol. At a convention in Dublin last weekend, artists and enthusiasts celebrated their tattoos and told Tara Bradythe stories behind them
IT’S HALLOWEEN weekend, and the 8th International Dublin Tattoo Convention kicks off in a flurry of swirling polka dot skirts and glittering body piercings. The double bass on stage and steady sales of fabulous wasp-waisted dresses indicate the increasing crossover between this community and Dublin’s equally exploding subcultures of rockabilly and burlesque.
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