Floral Tattoos – Flower Power For The 21st Century

Those old enough to remember the days of Woodstock, Haight-Ashbury, and the Volkswagen microbus as the transportation of choice will also remember Peace Signs and Flower Power.

There was even a 1967 hit song by Scott McKenzie with the lyrics, If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.

What goes around comes around, or so many a clich lover has said, and the Flower Power of the 1960s has resurfaced again, not in hairpieces, but in tattoos.

Flower tattoos have an undeniable appeal to those of gentle spirit, both male and female. But politics aside, flower tattoos are simply lovely to look at and that alone makes them a favorite for women.

Women who began flocking to the boardrooms and offices of the American business culture in the 1980s also began flocking to the tattoo parlors of America, although at first their choices were both small and discreetly positioned.

All that has changed in the past twenty-five years, and the 21st century woman is willing to match any man in her choice of tattoos. Yet flower tattoos still remain the one which women most often request.

Many women choose single small...