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纹身,永不褪色美丽 Needles,Skin and Pain Once they were considered to be the mark of riff raff, lowlifes and gangsters, but since the 1980’s tattoos have become socially acceptable in the West. They ①were all the rage in the nineties and today are common fashion accessories. Tattoo artists have moved uptown from the sleazier quarters and earned an unprecedented level of respect, with some of the more talented ones exhibiting their designs in mainstream art galleries. How did it all start? Read on! 纹身曾一度被当作是群氓、下层民众和黑帮分子的标志，但是自20世纪80年代起，它们受到了西方社会的认可。它们在90年代的时候就大行其道，如今则是司空见惯的时尚饰物。纹身师们从更为简陋的住宅区搬到了城镇小区，赢得了空前的尊敬，而在更具才气的纹身师当中，有些人还得以在主流的艺术画廊里展示他们的设计。这是怎么开始的呢？读下去吧！ History of Tattoos The earliest record of tattooing comes from Egypt. From the land of the pharaohs it spread to Europe and the Far East. In Ancient Greece, tattoos were used to identify fellow members of secret societies and the Romans used tattoos to mark criminals. In Ancient Japan they signified social status and in New Zealand the Maori people differentiated members of different tribes by their tattoos. In Europe, tattooing was popular up until the 12th century. The people of northern Europe would often tattoo their family crest on their arms (a practice which still exists today). For some reason tattooing vanished from Europe for several centuries after the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066. Apparently, the Normans were not keen on tattoos! The reintroduction of tattooing to the West occurred in the 17th century when, in 1691, an explorer by the name of William Dampier returned from an expedition to the South Seas with a heavily tattooed Polynesian prince. It had been 600 years since tattoos had been seen in Europe and the ‘Painted Prince’ was a big hit with Londoners. However, tattoos would not make a real mark in the West for another hundred years. The word ‘tattoo’ was introduced to the English language from a Polynesian word by Captain James Cook in the late 18th century (He also introduce