# youngsters, before you get off my lawn, explain Ed Hardy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063 "2009-09-14T18:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/21 "2009-09-20T01:00:11Z")
My wife knew him when he was just a fantastic tattoo artist. More power to him if he’s making millions licensing his name but it is nothing we’d wear. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/22 "2009-09-20T01:27:09Z")
> [@Delly](#): > > I have a few bits & pieces from the ed hardy line - I just got them cos I liked the designs and I’d never get the real thing… now Im all uncool :dubious: I don’t think it’s a few bits and pieces that is uncool, I think it’s the people who seem to bathe in Ed Hardy that are uncool. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/23 "2009-09-20T01:38:36Z")
I’m guessing any day now the hipsters will be wearing it _because_ it’s not cool. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/24 "2009-09-20T01:48:27Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I’m guessing any day now the hipsters will be wearing it _because_ it’s not cool. Hey at least it’s less obnoxious than what the hipsters are wearing now. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/25 "2009-09-20T08:54:54Z")
Damn! My half-hip mom sent me an Ed Hardy shirt, and I really like it. It fits really slim and makes me look skinny and curvy at the same time. Plus, it has a cool tiger on it and some cheesy rhinestones. I haven’t lived in America for ages and never knew this was unhip. Would it really be a bad thing to keep enjoying it? ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/26 "2009-09-20T08:58:29Z")
Obviously what you needed was not a youngster, as I’m in my early 20s, fresh out of college, and have never heard of it. in fact the first few posts I though it was a guy whose appeal you were asking about, maybe some kind of singer or comedian or something. Or do I have to turn in my young person card? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/27 "2009-09-20T13:37:19Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Would it really be a bad thing to keep enjoying it? Abosolutely! Right up to the point where you don’t care what other people think. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/28 "2009-09-20T15:12:05Z")
So, someone in the know please fill me in, but is Ed Hardy sort of like Zubaz for a younger, but similarly taste-challenged generation? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/29 "2009-09-20T16:00:08Z")
And the less-athletic, if their website is any indication. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/30 "2009-09-20T18:11:20Z")
I take it the comments on that site were purged? There’s nothing too offensive there now. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/31 "2009-09-20T18:35:53Z")
One of my best sources of quick money is doing T-shirt designs for individuals or tiny, home-based micro-companies that either want to promote their company or launch a mini line of clothing. I’ve had literally dozens of requests for work that _“…looks like Ed Hardy designs”_ (or _“looks like Affliction”_, that goofy, quasi-gothic crap with skulls, eagles, lions, 17th century caps and banners, etc.). I’ve done several designs that resemble the Ed Hardy, classic American naval/outlaw-tattoo-style, but now I just tell 'em, “Sorry, I don’t do that shit anymore.” I usually say that it’s a risky copyright issue to create something that closely resembles an established brand, but the truth is it just looks ridiculous. Most of the clients that want this sort of work are young kids, and I don’t want to hurt their feelings by telling them that if you see a design, a “look”, more than 10 times a day it’s no longer “edgy” or “outsider” like the image they want to so badly to project. Granted, I AM an art whore, but I’m an art whore with a little integrity. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/32 "2009-09-21T13:33:39Z")
I can’t get over spending tons of money on t-shirts and hoodies (or jeans, baseball hats, and running shoes for that matter). It just screams “I’m an idiot”. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/33 "2009-09-21T15:07:59Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Ed Hardy wear was cool in LA for 15 minutes. Now it is in the realm of douche wear. > > Jon Goslein… I’m looking right at you. I always thought “Rude Dog” and “No Fear” lept immediately over ‘cool’ and went right into ‘douche’. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/34 "2009-09-21T15:30:44Z")
> [@WreckingCrew](#): > > So, someone in the know please fill me in, but is Ed Hardy sort of like Zubaz for a younger, but similarly taste-challenged generation? From what I can tell, this is exactly it. They are popular with roughly the same demographic that worse Zubaz. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/35 "2009-09-21T16:07:28Z")
What I find fascinating is the absolutely relentless saturation of the designs in products. It’s not just t-shirts and hoodies and sneakers. I swear I’ve seen the designs plastered all over everything imaginable (I live in LA). I fully expect to see Ed Hardy toothpaste, toilet paper, tampons, toaster waffles, tomatoes, (that’s only the "t"s.) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063/36 "2009-09-21T16:23:08Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I always thought “Rude Dog” and “No Fear” lept immediately over ‘cool’ and went right into ‘douche’. No Fear was cool. When I was in third grade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngsters-before-you-get-off-my-lawn-explain-ed-hardy/510063.md?page=1)