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It's unclear where the term "tramp stamp" originated, but these lower-back tattoos became popular in the late '90s and early 2000s around the same time as low-rise jeans.
But the term has almost exclusively taken on a negative connotation, as the women who bear lower-back tattoos are often deemed sluts or — well, tramps.
Fortunately, women are taking back ownership of their sexuality — and also of lower-back tattoos. Here are 19 that will make you think twice (or even consider one yourself).
What delightful daisies.
It's just like a chandelier for your derriere.
The start of a stunning coverup.
Would you call this a pineurtle? A turnapple? Whatever it is, we love it.
A rose by any other name... makes a beautiful lower-back tattoo.
Feliz día de los muertattoos!
Elephants on parade...
This forest fairy is just perfect.
We guarantee people are ~tweeting~ about this one.
A tattoo so pretty it could stop time.
The heart of the ocean — but on your lower back.
A lower-back tattoo fit for a queen/angel.
It is a tree of life / To them that hold fast to it...
What a scintillating scarab!
We think it's time to branch out; don't you?
Hooooever said lower-back tattoos were trashy doesn't know what they're talking about.
Anyone else reminded of Lisa Frank?
Tattoos: the final frontier!
We think so, too!
