The 90’s saw the appearance and disappearance of a lot of trends- like a lot a lot. One including the heroin chic era that dominated the runways. The characteristics of this era are very similar to how it sounds, pale skin, dark circles, emaciated features, and androgyny, stringy hair. This ‘perfect’ woman was idolized and desired by the public.
We eventually saw the disappearance of this when the uber model supernova, that is Gisele Bundchen rose in the modelling industry. Vogue named her ‘the return of the sexy model’ and like that, the catwalk saw the downfall of this once beloved image. Since then, diversity within this industry has never stopped growing, and it has never been more prevalent. Now, so many young men and women are making a name for themselves based on their diverse and unique cultural background. With such a rise, the industry is seeing a large shift toward a more inclusive framework. Diverse models are truly changing the industry.
A recent twitter by the New York times, is being slammed and thrown across twitter for stating ‘bye-bye booty- heroin chic is back’. And people are refusing to normalise what the world once was. Even celebrities, such as Vicky Pattison- reality tv star- are speaking aloud on social media to express the ignorance behind this one tweet. And other celebrities preaching how ‘bodies are not trends'.
The article claims that there has been a major change in this fashion era, ‘slim thick’ figures were once celebrated in fashion by icons such as Lizzo and Megan thee stallion. They even brought up the ‘bootylicious Kardashian’s’ supposedly losing their BBL’s (Brazilian but lift) and looking ‘increasingly skinny’. Instead, they said that “waifish girls” are in, supermodels such as Bella Hadid, Lila Mos and Kai Gerber are what’s new in.
Not only could this simple statement promote outrageous consequences, like drug usage and eating disorders, but it also leads women, and people to question why women’s bodies are still the topic of conversation in the 21st century. Haven’t we moved on from this? However, I’m sad to say that we haven’t yet, this is only one of the many trends that people are throwing at women’s this year, one including the ‘clean girl aesthetic’ which was promoted through tik tok.
Maybe the new trend should be for fashion to abandon its dependent nature on trends and simply let women live, or maybe let’s just get rid of trend all together.
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