Yesterday I spent an enjoyable day at the Great British Tattoo Show at Olympia, put on by Skin Deep group of publications.
Alongside a host of great tattoo artists, there were stalls aplenty featuring alternative clothing, jewellery and lingerie, so even if your primary reason for attending was not to add another design to your skin, there were plenty of high quality diversions and entertainment to occupy you. Rather than boring you with a ‘what I did today’ account, here’s a little pictorial impression of the day.
Graffiti Life - for when a body is just not a big enough canvas!
The Graffiti Life team were working away for the entire time I was there, creating an amazing and massive mural…it did make me wonder what would become of the work of art once the weekend drew to a close.
Box Jump - high flying BMX bikes
These guys were shooting up ramps and “high jumping” over a beam which must have been ten feet or more above the ramp.
One over over 120 tattoo artists, hard at work
Fashion show with Spirit Models
There were regular fashion shows thoughout the day, featuring everything from streetwear to lingerie, modelled by the amazing models from Spirit Models.
Beatrix Von Bourbon - seductive burlesque diva
Beatrix Von Bourbon started her act with some great comic ideas, then really used her body and the stage to great effect.
Deciding where the next tattoo should go
Body painting with Retro Beauty
Charlotte Docker of Retro Beauty concentrates as she carefully applies body paint…by the end of this work the model was clad in seamed stockings – all painted on!
Compere Paul Sweeney
No, not Travolta…but Paul did have the crowd laughing as he linked between one show and the next. He instructed the audience in Mexican waving before moving on to Mexican clapping…one funny guy.
Lingerie with Spirit
The lingerie show - grand finale
The sensational Millie Dollar
Millie had a sensational routine, and boy could she shimmy! I have to say that both burlesque acts were classy and superb, and the personality of each girl really came across.
Engineers of Desire - fashion show finale
Steempunk, whips, fire…Engineers of Desire had it all (including, I noticed, a guy standing beside the stage with Fire, Health and Safety emblazoned on his back!)
Engineers of Desire - can you smell something burning?
Engineers of Desire - yep, definitely can smell burning!
More pictures…
I have put together a pdf proof booklet with around 150 images. (Note this is a 16Mb file so it will take time to download!)
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