Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and the Unconscious
Fashion is often dismissed as superficial. But what we wear reflects powerful and often unconscious ideas about who we think we are and who we want to be.
In this Spark Salon, fashion historian and author Dr. Valerie Steele explores what clothing can tell us about our dreams and desires, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. Drawing from her book Dress, Dreams, and Desire: A History of Fashion and Psychoanalysis, she examines why fashion carries such powerful emotional and cultural significance, and why we don’t always know why we dress the way we do.
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