The fashion Industry has been criticised for glamourising unhealthy standards of beauty and lifestyle and one of the prime examples of this is the 90’s photography movement called ‘heroin chic’, in the US.
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However, can this fashion and beauty trend be held solely accountable for drug abuse or unhealthy lifestyles of the younger generation?
References
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“From Kate Moss to Bella Hadid: The dangers of reviving heroin chic.” Injection Mag. Retrieved from https://www.injectionmag.com/post/from-kate-moss-to-bella-hadid-the-dangers-of-reviving-heroin-chic
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Vindhya has completed her master’s in Gender Studies from Ambedkar University. She has a keen interest in gender, media, and culture. In her free time, she likes to dance, paint, dye her hair, curate playlists or browse the internet for weirdly specific questions.