The Lingerie Project: Meet Kelly.
“I was fourteen when I started getting tattoos. My mom and dad are completely tattooed up. My mom has been planning out what tattoos I would get since I was in the womb.” 
“A lot of people think that my family is pretty hard-ass, and have habits of pre-judging us for the way we look. I always felt bad for my mom growing up, cause she’d be apart from all of the other mothers because of her tattoos. I found it ironic because she was so much more protective than the rest of them. We’d be on the playground and other parents wouldn’t watch their kids as they ran into traffic. Meanwhile I’d have to ask my mom’s permission to run to 7-11 and back.”
1950’s Vintage slip
“I have 8 tattoos now and counting. I have a trinity on my back; I’m very Irish. I have Snow White on my forearm; I’ve always loved her since I was little. My guardian angel is on my ankle. My mom and I both have her. I got a little birdie for my mom. The birdie is holding a flaming heart that says ‘Mama’. Right before I left for school I got ‘I Love You’ written on my wrist in my mom’s handwriting. That’s one of my favorites. I have the dandelion on my wrist, that’s probably the only one I got that doesn’t have something meaningful behind it. I just wanted a bracelet tattoo and I love dandelions.”
“I have a pinup on my arm. I took inspiration from the Gil Elvgren pinups and I altered it a bit. I always get comments on it from guys like, ‘Is that you in the morning, baby?’ People often have this misconception about me because of the way I look. I get it a lot, actually. Guys think that I’m easy because I have big boobs and tattoos. I’m actually the complete opposite.”
Marilyn Monroe Lingerie
“The most recent one was my Marilyn on my ribs, and that hurt like a bitch! But I love it. It’s my baby…”
“I love Marilyn Monroe. I’ve read so much about her life, and she was so much more than a dumb blonde. I feel like she had a similar mind set that I can really relate to, especially when her book of poems came out. I got one of them on my side.”
‘Only parts of us will touch will touch other parts of others…one’s own truth is just that, really – one’s own truth.’
“I feel like I’ve been fucked over by one too many people in my life. I’m way too trustworthy of a person, and I’m too much of a push over too. I’m very kind hearted, so I think people like to take advantage of that. I feel like you can never really truly know a person, and I think Marilyn felt the same way. As soon as I read that quote I knew it would be my next tattoo in a heartbeat.”
“I’m so painfully shy; I will probably blush at least 4 times a day.When I was younger I basically didn’t talk. It was very hard to open myself up to guys and dating. As a virgin, it was hard to put myself out there. I’d flirt with guys, but as soon as they’d find out I wasn’t down to just have sex they wouldn’t want to bother with me.”
“My first relationship experience, I went out with this guy that turned out to only date me on a bet. He was actually dating six girls at the same time. He had this bet with his friends that he could take all of our virginities. That was horrible.”
H&M bustier
“I don’t think I have had the chance to get in a serious relationship. Apart of me is that hopeless romantic, and I have hopes that maybe he’ll sit next to me on the train and we’ll fall in love. I have always felt like I was left out [of the dating experience]. I’ve always been so weary to put myself out there because I was a virgin for so long. I know not all guys are assholes, I know there must be some kind-hearted tattooed guys out there, I just wanna know where the fuck they are! Where the fuck are they?”
“I finally did lose my virginity to a friend of mine. We are definitely more friends than anything, but I’m happy it was with him because I was comfortable and he didn’t make me nervous. Yeah, I do wish I was in love or in a relationship, but the most important thing to me was feeling comfortable, and we knew each other so well. And after the first five minutes, I actually had a really good time!” 
“I think I am beautiful because my Mommy is beautiful. And my Mommy made me this way.”
@laceypinup
[originally posted 3/15/11]
