Drug Use in the Fashion Industry

DRUG USE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY
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Drug Use in the Fashion Industry
The fashion industry is characteristic of diverse manifestations of freedom of expression through its exquisite, glamourous, and even intriguing clothing and other fashion apparel designs. Most often than not, these designs often reflect society’s perception of key aspects of the global community across the social, political, and economic domains. For instance, some designs from the clothing and apparel sectors of the fashion industry represent the affluent nature of elite individuals and groups in the global society. Such designs tend to resonate with individuals and groups who can afford the luxurious designer clothing and wares introduced into the market by a given fashion entity. In essence, the fashion industry tends to reinforce society’s structural orientation across the economic statuses of individuals and groups worldwide. Photographers, stylists, models, and designers further exercise their political freedom of expression through their diverse and captivating styles of fashion, photography, and captions for their fashion exhibitions. The late Davide Sorrenti’s caption of Kate Moss in ‘Heroin Chic’ for Calvin Klein’s fashion design in the mid-90s is an excellent depiction of the manifestation of the freedom of expression in the fashion industry (Poulsen, 2019). Andrew Groves’s caption of his runway show in 1999, Cocaine Night, further reiterates the freedom of expression exercised by renowned designers in the fashion industry CITATION Whe16 \l 1033 (Wheeler, 2016). It is also important to recognize the positive impact of the fashion industry on the global economic sector. The fashion industry makes for one of the most lucrative economic sectors worldwide, accounting for billions of dollars in revenue generation and creating employment for millions of people in different countries. Renowned models such as Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Paris Hilton amassed massive fortunes from the glamourous industry through lucrative fashion deals with some of the leading fashion entities in the equally highly competitive industry. The fashion companies or organizations further employ both skilled and semi-skilled workers across different countries for the production of their preferred fabrics and subsequent manufacturing process of the clothing lines. Therefore, the fashion industry plays a significant role in shaping or influencing society’s perception of some of the key elements affecting the global community across the social, political, and economic domains.
However, the perceived freedom of expression and unsanctioned influence on society’s perception of key elements across society’s social, political, and economic domains raises some concerns among different stakeholders, including the industry players and members of the public. The fashion industry is notoriously characteristic of embracing fashion designs and themes with strong correlations to drug use and abuse. Such depictions result from the need by fashion designers and their companies to embrace the trending lifestyles for higher sales volume of their newly manufactured clothi...