Fashion and Psychoanalysis: Styling the Self

There is an increasing trend within both the study of visual culture and fashion itself to restore fashion to an aesthetic role - one that moves beyond its commercial success as a global industry and places fashion within a nexus of art, the body, and femininity. This emphasis aims to separate fashion from mere clothing, and illustrate its cultural power as an integral aspect of modern life.



In this innovative new book, Alison Bancroft re-examines significant moments in twentieth-century fas...