“He could be pissing on his head and still not know it’s raining.”— Her nonno
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Our summer issue cover star on lace-like ink, the flowers she wears for her parents, and the whiskey-fueled tattoo she’ll never live down.
“He could be pissing on his head and still not know it’s raining.”— Her nonno
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A true beauty from the land down under on her sons’ names across her stomach, the ex-crush tattoo that backfired, and why she’s keeping one arm clean.
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Fifty-five tattoos and counting: Willow Rae on her parents’ handwriting on her collarbones, going for full coverage, and the session that made her scream.
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