This week, Dua Lipa posted a mirror selfie in a plain white slogan tee made of semi-transparent cotton and printed with a politely provocative: “Show me your b00ks.” A play on the time-honoured heckle of the Worst Men (“Show us your tits”), worn with a Chanel 25 bag and hoop earrings.
Alongside being the internet’s reigning bikini influencer, Lipa is something of a public intellectual. Through her “cultural concierge” platform and newsletter Service95,…

