heroin chic

noun

1. the perceived glamorization of heroin and the characteristics associated with heroin addicts, such as gauntness and hollow eyes

Example Sentences

Now, it was Kate Moss and heroin chic.

From Los Angeles Times

The Central District rapper’s rump-shaking takedown of impossible Eurocentric beauty standards arrived in Calvin Klein’s “heroin chic” era — decades before the curve-positive “thicc” entered the lexicon — and 30 years later still slaps as hard as any contemporary twerk anthem.

From Seattle Times

In October, U.S. tabloid the New York Post reported somewhat gleefully that the early 2000s trend for "heroin chic" is back.

From Salon

The New York Times described her in 1997 as "like a cross between Christy Turlington and Kate Moss," the later of whom had helped popularize, intentionally or not, the so-called "heroin chic" look of pale skin, stringy hair, thinness and dark eye circles.

From Salon

Day's images of Moss posing suggestively were criticised and prompted a media debate about so-called "heroin chic".

From BBC