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heroin chic en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) A fashion trend begun in the 1990s revolving around models who bore characteristics of heroin addicts, such as emaciation and androgyny.
    • As counterpoints to the glamorous looks of 1980s models such as Christie Brinkley and Heidi Klum, heroin chic models such as Kate Moss were thin to the point of anorectic gauntness. 2014, Nancy M. Marion, Willard M. Oliver, Drugs in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law, P.888:

Translations (2)

fi heroin chic -tyyli (fashion trend) · cmn 海洛因時尚 /海洛因时尚 (fashion trend)