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Kate Moss rose to fame as the face of 'heroin chic' in the 1990s. And every HR department’s nightmare hairstyle.

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Moss became a defining model of the 1990s, associated with a minimalist, waifish aesthetic that media dubbed “heroin chic.” The term was controversial, but it marked a shift away from the 1980s supermodel glamour.

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