Skank Chic

Polly Vernon of The Observer writes, “Skank chic started with Hollywood hot properties Lindsay Lohan and Brittany Murphy; with Christina Aguilera’s ‘Dirrty’ video; with Kelly Osbourne and rioting punk princess Avril Lavigne – all raw-edged teen queens with a shared tendency to veer fabulously off the rails. These girls are the unapologetically unwashed response to the fresh-faced, perfectly manicured tradition of teen sensations like Hilary Duff and Jessica Simpson. The skank chic movement gained pace with the desperately sexy Sin City working girls who stole the show in the big screen adaptation of the cult graphic novel.” Read more.