Seriously, when did Ed Hardy become a buttrock/stripper/douchebag brand name?

[HughBeaumont]

I remember him from my Modern Primitives book I bought back in the late 80s/early 90s, because the story of his worldly influences, incorporation of Japanese art in his tats and how he started tattooing at a really young age was interesting.

Now his signature and painted-on T-shirts are like the Tommy Hilfiger of the Bret Micheals/Jersey Guido set? When did this happen?

I don't know, maybe seeing douchebags wear his stuff ruins it for me?

[lightningandsnow]

1. I have a really awesome pair of Ed Hardy shoes.

They're kind of in the style Chuck Taylors, and they're pretty awesome.

I dunno, am I a douchebag? :P

[Fran Kubelik]

2. Is that a real person?

[HughBeaumont]

3. I know, it looks like Jude Law's "AI" character got into a fake tan and wax fight. And lost.

[LeftyMom]

4. When a Guido and an Oompa Loompa love each other very much...

[petronius]

7. ...

The only thing standing between you and 'owing me a new keyboard' is a cheap plastic cover. However, you do owe me a mouthful of coffee...

:spray:

[bluesbassman]

5. Are his frickin eyebrows penciled on?

:wtf: Who actually looks like that?

[GOPisEvil]

6. What the hell is that?

I have to admit, I found a t-shirt of his brand at Marshall's that I like. So I own a piece of that clothing line. I forget what the original price was, but I think I paid $20-25 bucks for it.

But, um, what the HELL is he doing to himself. He looks like a Ken doll. And that's not a good thing.

[HughBeaumont]

8. Behold: The Mecca of Douchebaggetry!

http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/

He is known as the "Millennium Bag", robotic and waxy in all his douched countenance.

[Blue_Tires]

9. lol at that!