Virginia Macari

Fashion designer

For me, a tattoo has to symbolise something. Last year, me, my husband Kas and our son Thor went on a big holiday — we went around America, to New York, Miami, LA. It was such a big thing in our lives, such a significant, important time, that I wanted to mark it in some way.

So I made an appointment at the Love Hate Tattoo Studio, the place the reality-TV show Miami Ink was made about, and I got a really delicate tattoo on the inside of my wrist. It’s of Thor’s name, and Kas and I designed it together. He found the lettering. The ‘T’ turns into a love heart, and it’s really beautiful.

I have one on my foot as well, a little crown with Kas’s initials inside. I did that in Oslo, after Kas and I were together about a month. It was one of those moments — you meet someone and you’re madly in love, and that amazing thing happens. I suppose it was a huge gamble. And a small part of me did think, ‘Well, I could always colour it in . . . ’ But really, I was just so sure that we were going to be together for life.

I don’t want my tattoos to be visible on my body, I want to be able to cover them up if needs be. If I have more kids, I don’t think I’ll get their names done, although I might do a little love heart or something, so they don’t get jealous of Thor.

If I have more kids, I don’t think I’ll get their names done, although I might do a little love heart or something