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Do you like marine designs? Are you a fan of bold rockabilly artwork printed on tees? Would you describe yourself as a bit of a punk? Do you like designs of anchors, birds, chains, stars, roses, and skulls? Then you would love Sailor Jerry!
Sailor Jerry was a real sailor with the navy, which is where he got his maritime/americana aesthetic. He began doing traditional, artistic tattooes and eventually his designs were added to clothing, now there is a fashion line.
His pupil, Ed Hardy, started his own line with Christian Audigier and began defaming the world with his insane, seizure-inducing designs. The guy calls his aesthetic Japanese, which is why he includes designs of geishas, dragons, rising sun motif etc, but he draws on many themes that are also in the Sailor Jerry designs. Ed Hardy continues to sell but hardly anyone knows about Sailor Jerry. This kind of makes me angry because the SJ brand is so much more interesting/cool and is obviously the source of Ed Hardy's inspiration before all the blow affected his brain.
I don't have money right now or I'd be wearing all different things SJ. Anyway, I really like the clothing and just thought I'd write about it. Sorry, if you already are SJ fans!
Sailor Jerry was a real sailor with the navy, which is where he got his maritime/americana aesthetic. He began doing traditional, artistic tattooes and eventually his designs were added to clothing, now there is a fashion line.
His pupil, Ed Hardy, started his own line with Christian Audigier and began defaming the world with his insane, seizure-inducing designs. The guy calls his aesthetic Japanese, which is why he includes designs of geishas, dragons, rising sun motif etc, but he draws on many themes that are also in the Sailor Jerry designs. Ed Hardy continues to sell but hardly anyone knows about Sailor Jerry. This kind of makes me angry because the SJ brand is so much more interesting/cool and is obviously the source of Ed Hardy's inspiration before all the blow affected his brain.
I don't have money right now or I'd be wearing all different things SJ. Anyway, I really like the clothing and just thought I'd write about it. Sorry, if you already are SJ fans!