Apparently it doesn't make you an outcast anymore

Recently there has been and upsurge of high end Fashion Designers, from Jean Paul Gaultier to Vivienne Westwood booking models with honest to god, true tattoos. None of the Kanji/Tribal/Astrological sign bullshit you see in puny little 1x1 inch space on half the models with tattoos.

Designing for the Dellabalma campaign, Chad Dellabalma has decided to send everyone in the industry a BIG OL' fuck you and booked in Jonathan Kroppman as his newest face.

Also, quick shoutout to Levi's and their designer Seiya Yamada for his work on the "Need More Space" campaign for their Laser etched jeans. The jeans are a tad on the tacky side, coming off as a bit of a cashin on the whole "Affliction, Christian Audigier/Ed Hardy" bullshit that's running amok in the industry, but at least they were smart enough to book models that represent the image they're selling.

I'm not huge on Polynesian tribal, but it's definitely on the extreme side to be covering your body with primarily black-work, so for Levi's to be booking a model with a full-suit of Polynesian work is definitely rad as fuck.

Check their S*@# out at http://www.dellabalma.com/ and http://us.levi.com/