{"product_id":"dress-dreams-and-desire-a-history-of-fashion-and-psychoanalysis-9781350428188","title":"Dress, Dreams, and Desire: A History of Fashion and Psychoanalysis","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Valerie Steele\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fashion \u0026amp; Accessories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\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":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46862561149079,"sku":"9781350428188","price":2371.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350428188.webp?v=1769966733","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dress-dreams-and-desire-a-history-of-fashion-and-psychoanalysis-9781350428188","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}