February 2012
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MILAN FASHION WEEK F/W 2012 SHOW PURPLE COVERAGE
Alberta Ferretti / ALESSANDRO DELL’ACQUA / aquilano rimondi / emporio armani / fendi / FRANCESCO SCOGNAMIGLIO / giorgio armani / Gucci / jil sander / just cavalli / missoni / Prada / pucci / santoni / sergio rossi / ter et bantine / versace / versus
PURPLE BOUTIQUE COLLABORATES WITH MODA OPERANDI...
For Fashion Weeks F/W 2012 in celebratation of the new purple BOUTIQUE we have teamed up with Moda Operandi the first online luxury fashion retailer to allow members to pre-order tomorrow’s styles today. This collaboration involves taking select parts of purple DIARY’s F/W coverage and making it shoppable via purple BOUTIQUE using the fantastic innovative pre-order service that online...
TERRYWOOD opening this Friday, Feb 24 at OHWOW LA!
The extrem glamour side of Lindsay Lohan photographed by Terry Richardson in the new Love magazine. Terry Richardson’s diary
LFW LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE SUNDAY 19th FEBRUARY
13:00 Thomas Tait
14:00 Vivienne Westwood
14:30 Jena Theo
15:00 Unique
15:30 Belstaff
16:00 Paul Smith
17:00 Jonathan Saunders
17:30 Nasir Mazhar
18:00 Louise Gray
19:00 Matthew Williamson
20:00 ACNE
Click here to watch the shows live on purple TELEVISION
13:00 Richard Nicoll
13:00 - 15.30 Thomas Tait
14:00 Vivienne Westwood
14:30 -...
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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK F/W 2012 SHOW purple...
alexander wang / bibhu mohapatra / calvin klein / CHARLOTTE RONSON / diane von furstenberg / diesel black gold / donna karan / edun / ERICKSON BEAMON / FAITH CONNEXION / HELMUT LANG / IMITATION / jeremy scott / l’wren scott / marc by marc jacobs / marc jacobs / marchesa / ohne titel / PAMELA LOVE / proenza schouler / PRABAL GURUNG / ralph lauren / rodarte / RUFFIAN / reed krakoff...
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REED KRAKOFF F/W 2012 SHOW, NEW YORK
Photo Caroline Gaimari
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MARC BY MARC JACOBS F/W 2012 SHOW, NEW YORK
Photo Olivier Zahm
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Douglas Friedman, Amanda Setton, and Lorenzo Martone at the Ruffian F/W 2012 show, New York. Photo Sabine Heller
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PRABAL GURUNG F/W 2012 SHOW, New York
Photo Sabine Heller
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20 RANDOM OBSERVATIONS FROM LAST NIGHT'S PURPLE...
1. Lindsay Lohan is a real person. 2. Her boobs are as big as they tell you in pictures. 3. Sofia Vergara, or a woman who looks a lot like her, can climb couches in heels. 4. Shame was the best advertisement for The Standard that will ever exist. 5.You should always hoard your pee all night for the Boom Boom bathrooms. 6. Because when they don’t smell like vomit, as they did after 2AM last...
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ANNABELLE DEXTER-JONES FIRST COLLECTION (FAITH...
Photo Stephane Feugère
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Self Portrait at The Standard Hotel with the Andre Saraiva’s drawing to be presented at his exhibition at the Half Gallery, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
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Miles DeNiro shopping before the Halloween night at the Boom Boom Room, Standard Hotel, 848 Washington Street, West Village, New York. Photo Jeremy Kost
January 2012
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Emmanuel Perrotion in Dan Flavin’s new show An Installation, on view through March 3rd 2012 at the Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin, 76 rue de Turenne, Paris. Photo Saskia Lawaks
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Arriving in Florence, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella. Photo Olivier Zahm
Ingrid caven singing the Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold...
Ingrid Caven (dressed by Haïder Ackerman) is signing for one off concert at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Sunday the 15th, Paris. Photo by Giasco Bertoli
our dear friend John McWhinnie died dramaticaly...
Rare book dealer John McWhinnie drowned in Tortola on Friday while snorkeling with his wife, Maria Beaulieu. The forty-three year old academic turned gallerist was a close collaborator of Richard Prince, an expert in 20th Century American literature and an enthusiastic friend. His shops in East Hampton and on East 64th Street in New York staged exhibitions for Matthew Barney, Elizabeth Peyton,...
December 2011
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Yao Noi has a lot of 70s empty beaches, like this one, Thaïland. Photo Olivier Zahm
Tropical rainny day on the bay, Yao Noi, Thaïland. Photo Olivier Zahm
Natacha Ramsay Levi at the Six Senses Yao Noi, Thaïland. Photo Olivier Zahm
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Lindsay Lohan in the dressing room at Miu Miu, New York. Photo Gavin Doyle
Our favorite Purple model Lindsay Wixson (on the cover of the last issue) at Terry Richardson’s studio. Photo Terry Richardson
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Olivier Zahm and Chan Marshall (Cat Power) at the Chanel Paris-Bombay 2011/12 show at The Grand Palais, Paris. Photo Stephane Feugère
Amazing billboard in Los Angeles. Photo Terry Richardson
November 2011
My friend Andrew Richardson who found the sex and art magazine called Richardson in his appartement, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
The forever lovely Purple stylist Masha Orlov on her way to shoot for Purple in Rio, Purple Office, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
ANTI-NUCLEAR PROTESTERS CLASH WITH FRENCH POLICE
French anti-nuclear activists and police scuffled on Wednesday in Normandy as a train convoy transporting radioactive waste processed by nuclear producer Areva prepared to head to its storage site in Germany. Several hundred protesters tried to occupy the train tracks a few kilometers outside the town of Valognes in northwestern France before being repelled by police in riot gear. Police said they...
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Olivier and Tara’s Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watches at the Mercer Hotel, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
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Lady Gaga wearing a Chanel dress at the opening of Gaga’s Workshop at Barneys, New York. Photo Rachel Chandler
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MICK BARR PERFORMANCE AT THE BLK DNM, NEW YORK
Neville Wakefield and Johan Lindeberg organised an intimate performance by metal guitar legend and music destructionist Mick Barr at the BLK DNM, 237 Lafayette, New York. Photo Jessie Askinazi
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REST IN PEACE LOULOU DE LA FALAISE
Very sad day: we lost one of our icons, Loulou de la Falaise.
It’s certainely Marc Jacobs who had the best naked costume at the Sinner & Saints Halloween Party at the Standard Hotel, New York. Photo Terry Richardson
Definitly my favorite Halloween team at Sinners & Saints Party, at The Standard Hotel, New York. Photo Terry Richardson
October 2011
ON PURPLE TELEVISION NOW : FLASHBACK / CARINE...
Clich here to see the video by Fabien Constant
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Vanna Youngstein on her way to The Westway (the resuscitation of the former strip club near the Westside Highway by Matt Kliegman and Carlos Quirarte), for the party Friends she is co-hosting every wednesday night, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
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Rita Ackermann and Olivier Zahm holding Rita’s new self-titled book published by Rizzoli outside of The Standard Hotel, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
On purple TELEVISION today
20 PROJECTS PRESENTS : THE CRACK-UP BY DUSTIN YELLIN
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New Comme des Garçons perfume available from October 2011. Photo Alexandra Gordienko
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Lisa Yuskavage at David Swirner, New York
Lisa Yuskavage’s latest solo exhibition with David Zwirner continues
her fascination with the clownishly erotic female form. However,
alongside these nude fantasy women the artist shows development in both
landscape and storyline complexity by conceiving her works in a larger
scale. One of the most successful outcomes of the larger format approach is Triptych which functions visually and...
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KANYE WEST SHOW AFTER PARTY, Paris
Photo Stephane Feugere
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Sophia Kokosalaki presenting her Spring/Summer 2012 collection at the Westin, Paris. Photo Caroline Gaimari
Designer Prabal Gurung showing his collection at the CFDA designers showcase at Joyce Galerie, Paris. Photo Caroline Gaimari
September 2011
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Sculpture at Université de Médecine René Descartes, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
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BALENCIAGA'S POWER SPRING / SUMMER 2012, Paris
Photo Olivier Zahm
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Claire Courtin-Clarins outside the Spring / Summer 2012 Mugler show, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
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A steel window design in a private garden on Corso Venezia, Milan. Photo Olivier Zahm
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OLIVIER ZAHM'S BIRTHDAY IN MILAN at Torre Di Pisa...
Photo Olivier Zahm
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Our cover girl Lindsay Wixon, backstage at Anna Sui Spring/Summer 2012 show, New-York. Photo Tamara Weber