{"product_id":"dress-dreams-and-desire-a-history-of-fashion-and-psychoanalysis","title":"Dress, Dreams, and Desire: A History of Fashion and Psychoanalysis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Valerie Steele","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47286651453676,"sku":"9781350428188","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781350428188.jpg?v=1770456581","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/dress-dreams-and-desire-a-history-of-fashion-and-psychoanalysis","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}