Add in the Burning Man/Mad Max apocalyptic-chic video, and you've got the whole wacky aesthetic in a nutshell.
Toya's self-titled 2001 album was joyfully idiosyncratic, with skittery beats that nodded to Latin rhythms, Abba-worthy hooks, geek-chic videos and liner notes the came complete with glossary so you could understand all the hip lyrical references.
Then came their own-brand comprising Versace-homaging sweaters, Chanel logo-style shirts, VHS-chic skate videos, sick graphic and web design skills.
Julie Aspinall, author of the book Kylie: Queen of the World, wrote that Minogue adopted a "Gallic chic style" for the video.
Rihanna did military chic in her "Hard" video (she even straddled a tank), and just about every one of Perry's pop contemporaries have ventured down the same path.
Still, for an artist whose subsequent works have been set against the monuments of ancient Rome and the museums of Europe — not to mention the fabulous fashion show Weems staged for her 2009 color video "Afro-Chic" — the label "political" can feel constraining.
The video oozes junta chic mingled with mood-tones from Tom of Finland.
More recently, her 2009 video project "Afro-chic" explored 1960s pop culture, concentrating on younger women.
This video shows hip, Apple chic Second Life avatars walking around the store, playing the keyboard, harassing the geniuses at the bar and dancing all wily nilly to Wolfmother.
Katrina Lindsay's chic set is animated by an evocative video design by Mic Pool, which surrounds Willie and Al with flickering images of the good old days.
