Remember back in May when Purple quietly started opening their New York office? Well, just as quietly it seems, the office closed. The stateside outpost of the beloved French magazine closed back in November, no doubt due to the crappy economic conditions. Hopefully, this doesn’t necessarily mean Purple itself is in danger of closing. Stay Read more →
This week, we took a field trip around the corner to the Young & the Banging gallery. TYATB is a book showcasing 200 faces of “who’s next” on the creative circuit, curated by Heron Preston – and if you haven’t heard of him, you will. Purple calls it “the fascinating new generation born into the Read more →
To: Natalie@Fashionista.com From: ThePurple@Team.fr Hello all ! Just wanted to let you know that we just put the remainder of our personal overstock of back issues for sale on the Purple website: We just found a bunch at the office and don’t have the proper place to stock them here (Purple Fashion #4 through #9). Read more →
Purple has officially appeared on discerning people’s shelves everywhere for fifteen years, and so they’ve put together an anthology of their favorite photos together in honor of this feat, complete with its own exhibition and launch party. The exhibition will feature work by some of Purple‘s greatest contributors who are featured in their Purple Anthology, Read more →
There was a fun little fact tucked in at the end of a longer story in WWD today: Purple, everybody’s favorite magazine, is opening its first office in New York. Olivier Zahm has announced that it will open in September, so we expect every 2008 grad to promptly freak out and try to land their Read more →
“I am dealing with women. Their sensuality moves me. But the girls around me are rarely sex symbols in the carnal or voluptuous sense. I prefer Johanna Preiss or Charlotte Gainsbourg to Scarlett Johansson. I prefer Francoise Hardy to Marilyn Monroe.” –Nicholas Ghesquiere in Purple magazine on his love for androgynous women with good legs.
