Purple Magazine Issue 41: The Essence of Fashion Issue

Spring/Summer 2024, the Essence of Fashion issue, with twenty-one covers and Nicolas Ghesquière's ten years at Louis Vuitton on the first.

Roland Barthes writes on a violent sensation of time, Emanuele Coccia on an excess of sensitivity, and Olivier Zahm files an essay called "Time Machine." Zahm interviews Cathy Horyn, Marc Jacobs with Bill Powers, Francesco Risso, Mel Ottenberg, Dilara Findikoglu, Elena Velez, Dion Lee, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Cédric Rivrain and BFRND; Bobbi Salvör Menuez talks to Susan Cianciolo. Mark Borthwick photographs Malgosia Bela for Balenciaga, Juergen Teller shoots Anja Rubik in Saint Laurent and Vivienne Westwood, Vidar Logi shoots Björk in Noir Kei Ninomiya, Gray Sorrenti shoots Chloë Sevigny in Prada and Paul Kooiker shoots for Courrèges and Bottega Veneta.

Rineke Dijkstra, Lee Friedlander, Walker Evans, Thomas Struth, Mike Kelley and Jessica Eaton appear in the photography pages, set against the season's collections.