Tattoo Sleeve Trends

Tribal Sleeve Tattoo - Leo Zulueta is credited with bringing tribal style tattooing from the South Pacific to the United States in the late 70's. But is was George Clooney's character in the movie From Dusk Till Dawn that caused the tribal sleeve to explode in popularity. Tribal sleeves may be the worst sleeve trend of all as they take another peoples tattoo culture, remove all the meaning and mock the origins of tattoo designs that date back centuries. They are also next to impossible to cover up once tattoo regret sets in.

Biomechanical Sleeve - Biomechanical tattooing was pioneered by tattoo artist like Aaron Cain and other tattooist in the San Francisco bay area. A breakaway from traditional style American tattooing, biomechanical uses images of the human flesh mixed with machine parts. Basically biomechanical tattoos mix organic images with inorganic images. It quickly became over used.
Flame Sleeve - No clear origins on the flame sleeve but whoever created it should be ashamed. The sleeve is not only hard to look at but is unbelievable boring for the tattoo artist. Flame tattoos are not only a waste of good skin but will also prove difficult to cover.
Random Cool Stuff Sleeve - A twist on the American style hodgepodge sleeve that is acquired over time, the random cool stuff sleeve is acquired quickly. The images often include skulls, flowers, brass knuckles, something with wings,maybe a couple of flames. A newer variation on this sleeve is to get random candy pieces or random kids toys tattooed as a sleeve.

Tattoo Sleeve Trends

Tattoos and the Corporate Hiring Trend

The corporate world seems to be loosening up the tie on its opinion of tattoos, but will white collar America ever loosen up enough to encompass the ever growing popularity of tattoos and their ink? There might not be a choice.

Tattoos and body art are becoming increasingly popular among the masses. Its not surprising to learn the percentage of tattooed prospective employee candidates is also on the rise. The fondness for this colorful freedom of expression isn't necessarily felt across the board and especially is not recognized or appreciated in the boardroom. Although more and more qualified applicants are decorated with body art it is not necessarily considered appropriate or attractive business attire for an interview or for those daily business meetings.

But what you may find surprising to learn is many corporations currently do not have a dress code policy in place specifically about tattoos and body piercings. So even though considered unprofessional attire at many work environments they are technically not breaking the written etiquette rules of most corporate handbooks. You'll also find an increasing number of businesses adjusting their policies as "tattooees" come on board. Forcing many tattooed individuals to cover or hide their tattoo, often with a cover-up or a band aid. The corporate policies currently in place about employee appearances consider the impact it has on customers and on other business coworkers. So as tattoos and body piercings become even more mainstream undoubtedly we will experience a trend with corporate human resources keeping a watchful eye on global culture changes, and revisions of practices and policies to keep pace with the body art trend.

Tattoos and the Corporate Hiring Trend