Journalist Tracy McVeigh attended the London International Tattoo Convention and reports that, somewhat surprisingly, retro favourites like ships and anchors are trending again.

Tattoos, like the rest of our skin, need taking care of too. Refinery29 has some skincare tips that will help keep your body art looking good for years to come.

Thirty-two percent of American people aged 30 to 45 have a tattoo (according to a 2012 poll), and some of them are concerned that their body art might play a role in them not getting hired for the job they want.

Fab Links from Our Members

Caro discovered lots of interesting reading material on Fashionably Responsible, a website that aims to “go back to the basics to become fiscally, socially and environmentally chic”.

Angie recommends exploring Topshop’s Tumblr page for fashion forward, eccentric and creative street style looks, because people having fun with fashion always bring a smile to her face.

Slate published an article in response to a piece that the Huffington post ran earlier this week: “23 Trends Guys Hate (But Women Love)“. MsMaven found it amusing and thought it contained a few pieces of wisdom as well.

Laurinda informs us that the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary have chosen Selfie — a self-portrait typically snapped with a smartphone and shared over social networks — as 2013’s word of the year.

Shevia thought it fun to see that Leandra Medine over at The Man Repeller is wearing “Angie’s” ink blue Zara booties.

Currently La Belle Demimondaine is making her way through all the blog posts on Colourmuse. She’s especially loving the posts in which Lisa talks about needing a good number of basics to work with before you can really do anything with your statement pieces. PSA: Lisa’s blog has just moved, so head on over to the new website if you’d like to keep reading her posts.

A few years ago Elle ran a regular column in which fashion industry insiders were asked about their 10 rules of style. Maja over at Majahuse has now collected some of them on her blog, and Vildy is pondering one of the “rules”, i.e. “just don’t carry a purse”. Carine Roitfeld didn’t used to, and Vildy always wondered about that.

Angie’s recent post on outfit simplicity reminded E of these two blog posts from Passage des Perles, in which Duchesse describes a style she’s seen in France that she calls “strict”.

Alaskagirl found a fascinating article about the hidden issues of donating clothes, we’ve been chatting about it on the YLF forum too.