![]() ![]() Slap bang in the middle of his torso, Styles’ butterfly, which he got in 2013, aged 19, is allegedly in reference to its transformative symbolism, although he’s stayed tight-lipped on his reasons. The butterflyīecause we couldn’t cover Styles’ tattoos and not talk about the butterfly. While we don’t know precisely how many of Styles’ tattoos have been done here, the shamrock tattoo he got in honour of the parlour makes it pretty obvious he’s a loyal customer. The ship was done by one of Styles’ other regular tattoo artists, Freddy Negrete, at the world-famous LA parlour Shamrock Social Club, where everyone from Adele to Lady Gaga go to get inked. “He and Ed had been out the night before, got pissed and started talking about their favourite childhood shows, and Pingu was both of their favourites, which is why they both decided to get them.” “We did both 17 Black and Pingu on the same day,” says Paul. Styles’ “Pingu” tattoo is extra-special because he and Ed Sheeran both have matching ones, although, where the former One Directioner has the word “Pingu” under his arm, Ed Sheeran has the character. ![]() This was in the early days, the first few years of One Direction.” Pingu ![]() I went around to one of Harry’s houses on a Sunday morning and, actually, he had completely different ideas to what we’d originally discussed.” So why 17 Black? “Basically, Harry lost money gambling – I think it was in Australia – and he lost it on 17 black. At that point, I thought it was just a normal friend, so he gave him my number in order to sort it out. The tattoo – located just below his left clavicle – was inked by celebrity tattooist Kevin Paul, who relayed to GQ exactly how it happened and what it really means: “I was tattooing Ed Sheeran and he said that his mate Harry wanted to get one. “17 Black” might be a reference to James Bond’s lucky bet (see the casino scene in Diamonds Are Forever), but it also has some not-so-lucky resonance for Styles. BELLACK/BELLAK/SIPA/Shutterstock 17 Black ![]()
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