Matching tattoos have a reputation problem. Mention the idea and someone will inevitably bring up the couple who got each other’s names tattooed and broke up four months later. But matching tattoos can mean so much more than that. They can be a small symbol shared by sisters, a line from a favorite song chosen by a group of friends, or the same flower picked by a mother and daughter for completely different reasons.
We’re a tattoo studio in King’s Cross, London, and we see pairs and groups come through our doors regularly. The best matching tattoos tend to have one thing in common: they mean something to the people wearing them, even if nobody else would understand the significance. We’ve gathered 16 examples below, along with the stories behind them.
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