The once-taboo “tramp stamp” — a derogatory term referring to a tattoo on a woman’s lower back that was popularized in the ’90s — is now stylish, according to ink experts.

Artists from around the country weigh in on the lower-back tattoo, which appears to be making somewhat of a comeback Catherine Santino is a Style Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She began as a ...

Gen Z is opting to get "tramp stamp" tattoos, or ink on the lower back, to feel more empowered. "Women are reclaiming negative stereotypes, which were once used to disparage them, as a form of ...

Alba went on to explain that one of the tattoos is a bow on the middle of her lower back, which she calls “kind of a tramp stamp.” The other is a cluster of flowers she got on her neck.

When asked which tattoos or placements hurt the most and which ones hurt lesser, Pallavi said, “Fingers, palms, feet, torso, knee ditch, elbow ditch, spine, and lower back tattoos tend to be the ...

As with fashion and beauty, tattoo trends follow a cycle, and there's certainly some evidence to support the return of the infamous lower-back tattoo, which first became popular in the '90s and ...