Want to know how old someone is? Take a look at their paint.
Influencer Jenna Barclay, 37, says you can predict a person’s age by putting tattoos on their body – but the claim has sparked fierce debate.
“As a middle-aged millennial, some popular placements that stand out from my teenage and young adult years include lower back, hip bone, shoulder blade, top of foot, rib cage, forearm, wrist domestic,” Barclay told Newsweek.
“There were also more specific tattoo trends like the mustache on the inner finger in the early 2010s and retro writing on the collarbone like Rihanna,” she continued.
Barclay admitted that, like many millennials, she followed these trends in getting her tattoos, but now she’s curious about what today’s cool kids are opting for.
She first rocked it when she first asked her Instagram followers to identify which tattoo countries best represent the 2020s, saying: “What’s the wildest tattoo of 2024?”
“What is the essential tattoo placement of this time period?” she asked. “Not focusing on the design, but rather the location that will one day identify tattoos as products of the 2020s.”
The question quickly went viral, with her post garnering over 4.2 million views and 27,700 likes, along with thousands of comments.
She said that “random style placement of small tattoo stickers, above the knee, back of the arm above the elbow and sternum were probably the most common responses”.
Tattoo artists also weighed in on the trend.
The video also highlighted how quickly trends evolve today, with tattoo placements and designs spreading and changing rapidly thanks largely to social media.
“Trends spread and evolve differently now with social media. I think it’s harder to agree on an answer because trends move so fast now and people want to feel unique or like they’re in the next thing before it blows up,” Barclay said.
This comes as millennials and Gen Z continue to disagree over a closet full of trends.
For example, millennial fashionistas are staunchly defending their love of denim jackets, a popular fashion statement since the 1950s.
When a woman on TikTok, who goes by Birdie, tried to suggest that her fellow millennials stop wearing blue denim jackets, begging them to “please shut them up,” many of her generation didn’t. strongly agreed.
“The congregation has spoken collectively and said no! With much respect!!!” said the most liked comment.
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