Vincent

Vincent: The Vincent Darre Purple Book is a photographic biography of the French stylist and interior designer Vincent Darré. It was issued as a special edition tied to Purple Fashion magazine's Fall/Winter 2010/2011 issue, #14.

The roughly 76-page, saddle-stapled book is illustrated throughout with full- and half-page photographic plates by various photographers. Most of them picture Darré himself, documenting figures across the Paris fashion and nightclub worlds. Purple Institute co-published it with Studio Zero.

Darré, born in 1959, came up through Paris's late-1970s nightlife scene, a regular at the clubs Le Palace and La Main Bleue alongside Christian Louboutin, Eva Ionesco, and Azzedine Alaïa. He spent six years as Karl Lagerfeld's assistant at Fendi. He then became head designer at Moschino and artistic director at Ungaro, before turning to the interior and furniture design work where he has since built his reputation.