Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
By Frances McInnis |
By Frances McInnis |
By Frances McInnis | Photography by Jenna Marie Wakani
Kensington Market and tattoo enthusiasts have a shared creed: both communities prize individuality, artistry and a rebel spirit (though neither the market nor tattooing are quite so alternative anymore). Here, the results of a recent search for some seriously cool body art.
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- Tattoos include: Hello Kitty posing as the Virgin Mary; a ray gun shooting heart-shaped candies; a unicorn; and two cupcakes, one with angel wings and the other with devil horns
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- “I told them I wanted Hello Kitty, space and candy”
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- “The lightening bolt was my first one. I got it because my entire family are electricians”
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- A tattoo artist at Kensington mainstay <strong>Reactive Ink</strong> known for his black-line tattoos that evoke Renaissance etchings
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- “I wanted a crane. When I talked to the artist he said he’d been wanting to do cranes. It worked out perfectly”
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- A longtime vegan with two nods to the animal kingdom: a tiger on her calf and a jellyfish on her forearm
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- The artist at the famous <strong>The Pearl Harbor Gift Shop </strong>went to Montreal’s PSC Tattoo for one of her sleeves and B.C.-based Steve Moore for the other
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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- (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
- Street Style: tattoos both beautiful and badass in Kensington Market
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