Lacan on fashion’s dark psychology
Scotsman David Hume is probably fashion’s greatest philosophical ally (V&R, Chapter 1). French psychoanalyst, and darling of the Left (though perhaps mistakenly: https://www.lawliberty.org/2018/01/17/jacques-lacan-conservative-icon/), Jacques Lacan is not a critic of fashion, exactly, but he does puncture the “holier than thou” posture of its advocates in today’s industry and media. Fashion combines conformity and self-harm, he…