Chic Heroin is an appearance popularized in the mid-1990s and is characterized by pale skin, dark circles under the eyes, very thin body, dark red lipstick and angular bone structure. The look, characterized by skinny features and androgyny, is a reaction to the "healthy" and vibrant model look like Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer. A 1996 article in the Los Angeles Times states that the fashion industry has a "nihilistic vision of beauty" that reflects drug addiction and the US News and Reports called this movement "a cynical trend ".
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At a time when chic heroin appears, heroin's popular image changes for several reasons. Heroin prices have declined, and its purity has increased dramatically. In the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic had made heroin injections with unclean needles more risky. The available heroin becomes more pure, and the grunt becomes a more common way of heroin use. These changes decrease the stigma surrounding drugs, allowing heroin to find new markets among the middle class and the rich, in contrast to the previous bases of the poor and marginalized. Heroin infiltrated pop culture through the attention brought to addiction in the early 1990s. In the film, the trend of chic heroin in fashion coincided with a series of films in the mid-1990s - such as The Basketball Diaries , Trainspotting , Children , Midnight Permanent , and Pulp Fiction - which examines the use of heroin and the drug culture.
Grunge
In the early 1990s, the emergence of alternative rock grunge and subculture music in Seattle brought media attention to heroin usage by leading grunge artists. In the 1990s, the media focused on the use of heroin by musicians in the Seattle grunge scene, with the 1992 New York Times article that lists the city's "three main drugs" as "espresso, beer, and heroin" and a a 1996 article that mentions the Seattle grunge scene "... the subculture that has the strongest heroin". Tim Jonze from The Guardian states that "... heroin has ruined the scene [grunge] since the early 80s" and he argues that "... heroin involvement reflects self-loathing, the nihilistic aspect of music "; In addition to heroin death, Jonze points out that Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots, as well as Courtney Love, Mark Lanegan, and Evan Dando "... are all involved with drugs, but live to tell the story." A 2014 book states that in 1980 -an, people use "stimulant" cocaine to socialize and "... celebrate good times", in the grunge scene of the 1990s, heroin "depressants" are used to "retreat" to "cocoon" "and become".. shelter from the harsh and unforgiving world that offers... little prospects to... change or hope. "
The leading grunge band, Alice in Chains, has the song "God Smack", which includes the line "stick your arm for some real fun", a reference to inject heroin. Seattle grunge musicians known to use heroin include Kurt Cobain, who uses "heroin when he shoots himself in the head"; "Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone, who overdosed on heroin in 1990"; "Stefanie Sargent of 7 Year Bitch, who died of a similar opiate overdose in 1992... [and] Layne Staley of Alice in Chains openly breaking his battle with heroin...". Mike Starr from Alice in Chains and Jonathan Melvoin from The Smashing Pumpkins also died of heroin. After Cobain's death, "... widow, singer Courtney Love, characterizes Seattle as a drug mecca, where heroin is easier to get than in San Francisco or Los Angeles."
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This sluggish and skinny appearance was the basis of the 1993 ad campaign of Calvin Klein featuring Kate Moss. Film director and actor Vincent Gallo contributed to the development of the image through Calvin Klein fashion shoots.
This trend eventually faded, partly due to drug-related deaths from leading fashion photographer Davide Sorrenti. Sorrenti falls in love with the teen model and Jaime King's heroin addict, and begins to abuse the substances themselves. Vulnerable due to lifelong blood disorders, Sorrenti died in 1997 after a "normally unacceptable" amount of injections. In 1999 Vogue was dubbed Brazilian supermodel Gisele BÃÆ'¼ndchen "Return of the Sexy Model" and the beginning of a new era.
Criticism and analysis
Heroin's chic clothing attracts a lot of criticism and ridicule, especially from anti-drug groups. Fashion designers, models like Kate Moss and Jaime King, and movies like Trainspotting are blamed for glorifying the use of heroin. US President Bill Clinton condemned the view. Other commentators argue that fashion images make drug use itself more interesting. "There's no reason to expect that people are interested in the display promoted by Calvin Klein and other advertisers... would also be interested in heroin, more than the suburban teenagers who wear loose pants and hats to the back will end by shooting people from moving cars ", wrote Jacob Sullum in the magazine Reason .
In popular culture
In the Season Nine episode Seating The Voice, Jerry asks Elaine about her "somewhat slumped" hair, which Elaine regrets, "This is a new look.You know, Heroin Chic?"
See also
- List of pics
- Kinderwhore
- Soft Grunge
- Wizard's house
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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