{"product_id":"9781350428188-dress-dreams-and-desire","title":"Dress, Dreams, and Desire","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA History of Fashion and Psychoanalysis\u003cbr\u003eThis beautifully illustrated book, written by leading fashion theorist, Valerie Steele, shows how psychoanalysis can provide important clues about the power and allure of fashion, as well as the ambivalence and hostility that fashion attracts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat can psychoanalysis tell us about the power and allure of fashion? Valerie Steele, author of \u003ci\u003eDress, Dreams and Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, was described by critic Suzy Menkes as “the Freud of fashion.” In this pathbreaking book, the first cultural history of fashion and psychoanalysis, Steele does not merely hold a mirror up to fashion’s surface, she looks into its soul.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA renowned fashion historian, Steele draws on key psychoanalytic concepts about the body, sexuality, and the unconscious – from the dream theories of Freud and Jung to Lacan’s mirror stage and Anzieu’s skin ego – to interpret the work of designers such as Elsa Schiaparelli, Gianni Versace, and Alexander McQueen. She explores how fashion is the lens through which we see ourselves – and how others see us. Far from being superficial, fashion can be regarded as a “deep surface” that communicates our unconscious desires and anxieties, with none of us fully aware of what we are \"saying\" with the clothes we wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56660882391414,"sku":"9781350428188","price":27.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38093027_0a140484-24ba-4d11-80a3-91ecb8baf7fe.jpg?v=1763688989","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350428188-dress-dreams-and-desire","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}