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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
Abosolutely! Right up to the point where you don’t care what other people think. 
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?
And the less-athletic, if their website is any indication.
I take it the comments on that site were purged? There’s nothing too offensive there now.
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.
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”.
I always thought “Rude Dog” and “No Fear” lept immediately over ‘cool’ and went right into ‘douche’.
From what I can tell, this is exactly it. They are popular with roughly the same demographic that worse Zubaz.
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.)
No Fear was cool. When I was in third grade.