heroin chic

English

Noun

heroin chic (uncountable)

1. (slang) A fashion trend begun in the 1990s revolving around models who bore characteristics of heroin addicts, such as emaciation and androgyny.
   • 2014, Nancy M. Marion, Willard M. Oliver, Drugs in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law, P.888:

     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.

Translations

fashion trend

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海洛因時尚／海洛因时尚 (hǎiluòyīn shíshàng)

• Finnish: heroin chic -tyyli
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• heroin chic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia