Heroin chic
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Heroin Chic was a fashion trend in the mid 1990s that characterized the looks of a terminal stage drug addict. Pale skin, dark circles underneath eyes, and jutting bones were seen on runway models showcasing the "heroin chic" look. This waifish, emaciated, and drug-addicted look was popular in the fashion world and was the basis of the 1997 advertising campaign of Calvin Klein featuring Kate Moss. The heroin chic fashion drew much controversy; anti-drug groups protested. Fashion designers, models such as Kate Moss and Jaime King, and movies such as Trainspotting were blamed for glamorizing the heroin chic look and lifestyle. Then-President Clinton condemned the heroin chic look. However, the trend did not last and eventually faded, its downfall contributed to by the overdose death of a prominent fashion photographer of the genre, Davide Sorrenti. Heroin chic was one of a number of trends in fashion identified by the suffix "-chic". The "boho-chic" of the early 21st century was attributed by some to Kate Moss, though more prominently associated with Sienna Miller.
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The term has also been used retroactivly, to describe the image of some 1970s bands around the New York City protopunk movement (such as, The Velvet Underground). It is also sometimes used to describe the image bands that these groups wound later influence (such as, The Psychedelic Furs).
