http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/335/elise-m-rosser Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 25 May 2026 23:00:37 -0400 Mon, 25 May 2026 23:00:37 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/347/heroin-chic-the-fashion-phenomenon-analyzed-through-the-writing-of-christine-harold-and-timothy-hickman By Elise M. Rosser - Heroin chic emerged in the 1990s as a high class fashion trend which appropriated visual imagery of heroin junkies and their environment into fashion photography. Eventually condemned as an immoral glorification of drug use with the potential to corrupt and destroy innocent youth, heroin chic ended amidst scandal and controversy. Issues concerning the exposure of the drug culture of the fashion industry, and its potential for creating an image of drug use as appealing and ‘cool’ for youth, pervaded editorials, columns and articles, with the majority of discussion focusing upon the... Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:43 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/347/heroin-chic-the-fashion-phenomenon-analyzed-through-the-writing-of-christine-harold-and-timothy-hickman