[FONT=宋]I'll never forget opening the box I received from KBC late last year. Totally unexpected, it contained the first [FONT=宋]Ed Hardy[/FONT][FONT=宋] helmet I'd ever seen, with a bitchin' flaming-tiger graphic on each side. It wasn't until I spun it around to the front that I got indignant. "By Christian Audigier," it read in large letters below the [/FONT][FONT=宋]Ed Hardy[/FONT][FONT=宋] logo. What the fcuk?! (Cue cryptic design house reference.) Why would a biker want some French fashion designer's name scrawled across his forehead? How do you say "douche" in French anyway? Oh wait, that is a French word...[/FONT][/FONT]
In 1977, Ed Hardy in San Francisco, No. 2906 opened his first tattoo shop TATTOO CITY, its superb tattoo art in this area created a new era. In 1978, stores open less than a year due to a fire which destroyed, Hardy in the riparian zone so easy to open up a shop in order to continue his work until the shop re-opened after repairs in 1980. In 1991, his second store opened on Columbus, No. 722, 1999, the third branch opened in Lombard, No. 700. Because of its skilled, innovative, a lot of people there respect to become the godfather of tattoo industry.
[FONT=宋]Be that as it may, it turns out the guy is a bike guy. "I grew up in France, so of course I rode motorcycles as transportation," Audigier reveals. And now, on the heels of his success hawking Von Dutch and Mens Ed hardy T-Shirts[FONT=宋]--and, coming soon, Evel Knievel!--he's delved into the bike business, offering the aforementioned gear and partnering with various bike builders. First came a Yamaha quad, then a Suzuki Hayabusa, and now the Ducati Monster shown here, offered as part of a 25-unit run of customs that will also include Hypermotards, Streetfighters and 1198s. Maybe the guy's not a douche after all?[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]As for the real Don Ed Hardy, like the Dread Pirate Roberts he's been retired for years, overseeing and mentoring the artists at his San Francisco studio, Tattoo City. Von Dutch wasn't as fortunate: He died of a stomach abscess caused by alcoholism in 1992.[/FONT]
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In 1977, Ed Hardy in San Francisco, No. 2906 opened his first tattoo shop TATTOO CITY, its superb tattoo art in this area created a new era. In 1978, stores open less than a year due to a fire which destroyed, Hardy in the riparian zone so easy to open up a shop in order to continue his work until the shop re-opened after repairs in 1980. In 1991, his second store opened on Columbus, No. 722, 1999, the third branch opened in Lombard, No. 700. Because of its skilled, innovative, a lot of people there respect to become the godfather of tattoo industry.
[FONT=宋]Be that as it may, it turns out the guy is a bike guy. "I grew up in France, so of course I rode motorcycles as transportation," Audigier reveals. And now, on the heels of his success hawking Von Dutch and Mens Ed hardy T-Shirts[FONT=宋]--and, coming soon, Evel Knievel!--he's delved into the bike business, offering the aforementioned gear and partnering with various bike builders. First came a Yamaha quad, then a Suzuki Hayabusa, and now the Ducati Monster shown here, offered as part of a 25-unit run of customs that will also include Hypermotards, Streetfighters and 1198s. Maybe the guy's not a douche after all?[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=宋]As for the real Don Ed Hardy, like the Dread Pirate Roberts he's been retired for years, overseeing and mentoring the artists at his San Francisco studio, Tattoo City. Von Dutch wasn't as fortunate: He died of a stomach abscess caused by alcoholism in 1992.[/FONT]
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[FONT=宋]Editor:Chris[/FONT]
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