"heroin chic" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Fashion Translations (fashion trend): 海洛因時尚 (Chinese Mandarin), 海洛因时尚 (hǎiluòyīn shíshàng) (Chinese Mandarin), heroin chic -tyyli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-heroin_chic-en-noun-YNc5sC9C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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