ʻO ka mōʻaukala wā o kēia manawa: Ed Hardy
ʻO Porter Ed Hardy, i kapa ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo The Godfather of the Modern Tattoo, i hiki ʻole ke loli i ke ʻano o ke ao ʻana i ke ʻano o ka peʻa. ʻOi aku ma mua o 10 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kūpono kūpono ʻo Tattoo Art me ka ʻili o nā bikers a me nā mea hoihoi, akā he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō kēia hana. Hoʻomaka ʻo Ed Hardy i kona kāhea ʻana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hoʻolālā pena kuʻuna ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i ka mea hana honu. Me ka hana o ka French Christian Audigier nui, ʻimi loa ʻia ke ʻano o Don Ed Hardy.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Hard Ed Hardy ma Iowa i ka makahiki 1945. Akā, ua neʻe ʻo ia a me kona ʻohana i Costa Mesa, Kaleponi, ʻaʻole hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻolālā ʻia ʻana. Ua kaulana ʻo ia ka poʻokela iʻa ʻo ʻAmelika e hoʻohui i nā ʻōnaehana Kepani a me nā hoʻolālā me kāna mau hoʻolālā. ʻIke ʻole ʻia kona hoʻomana ʻana i ke komo ʻana me he ʻōpio lā. E pīpī ʻo ia i ka nānā ʻana i kona mau pono. Aia wale i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻoi aku ka nui o kona makemake no ka hana tattoo ma mua o kona aloha iā Kustom Kulture.
Ma hope o ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua loaʻa iā ia ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kahakaha mai ka ʻĀpana Art o San Francisco a ua hana ʻo ia no kekahi mau papa hana honu. I ka hiki ʻana aku i ʻAmelika, ua hana ʻo ia no kahi studio tattoo hou ma mua o ka wehe ʻana iā ia pono, ʻo Realistic.
ʻO Ed Hardy a me kona mau hoahānau ke kuleana no kekahi mau māhele hoʻohālike i ʻike ʻia no ko lākou maikaʻi. Hono ʻo ia i ka hana maikaʻi me ka ʻole pono ʻana a wehe ʻia ʻo Tattoo City, he studio tattoo i hana ʻia e kekahi mau mea loea.
Me ke kōkua o Christian Audigier, ua lilo ʻo Ed Hardy i kahi inoa maʻalahi i ʻike ʻia ʻole i ʻike ʻia i nā peʻa kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa. ʻO Christian Audigier, hoʻonani i nā mea a pau iā ia iho, ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ke kanaka nāna i hoʻokomo i ka hana ʻoki ma ka honua o ka hoʻolālā. ʻO ka mea a Christian i hana ai no ka hana kūikawā ʻo Ed Hardy i hana a Tamara Mellon i hana ai iā Jimmy Choo. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kahi o kēia mau lā me ka ʻaʻe ʻole i kahi mea i waiho ʻia i nā peʻa e hoʻonani ʻia ana i nā peʻa mai nā pāpale pahu kaʻa a nānā i nā nānā, a ʻo ka inoaʻo Ed Hardy ka mea nui i kēia wahi. ʻO Ed HardyTrucker Caps a me nā kapa momona e ʻoi loa ka mea i kaulana loa i ka laina lole, me nā mea kipa e hoʻomaka ana mai Ashton a Madonna.
