Yeah the only time I heard of him was when I saw everybody and their grandmother wear mesh hats with his designs emblazoned on them. Hence my "scenester" comment.
I'm not versed in the deep history of Tattoo Art, aside from knowing that the actual practice came out of the Marquisian Islands and went through Tahiti/Moorea/ F.Polenysia and then so on and so on.
Regardless, I was just making a short crude remark on white-belt scenesters who wear Von Dutch and Ed Hardy.
I plead ignorance with regards to Mr. Hardy and hope to not insult his name by likening him to my so called "scenesters" who I attempted to disparage. I admire you backing him up and I see you have at least the same feelings about the trendiness of the clothing line.
I apologize for steering this off topic.
I've used A&D, Neo, and "nothing", and have had similar results with all.