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Heroin chic
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cleanup-date|November 2005
In the mid 1990s a waif looking, emaciated, and drug-addicted look was popular in the fashion world. Pale skin, dark circles underneath eyes, and jutting bones were seen on runway Model (person)|models showcasing the "heroin chic" look. The 1997 advertising campaign of Calvin Klein featured this look. Fashion designers, model Kate Moss, and movies such as Trainspotting and Pulp Fiction were blamed for glamorizing the heroin chic look and lifestyle. The heroin chic fashion provided much controversy; anti-drug groups protested. The fatal overdose of high profile fashion photographer Davide Sorrenti at age 20 had an impact well beyond the fashion world. President Clinton made a speech in 1997 following Sorrenti's death, condemning the heroin chic look.
- http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-her1.htm Turns of Phrase: Heroin Chic
- http://opioids.com/heroin/heroinchic.html President Clinton on Heroin Chic
- http://reason.com/opeds/jacob052397.shtml Reason online magazine editorial
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/works/s4/sorrenti/index.shtml BBC review of Fatal Exposure, a film examining his life
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