Purple Magazine
An influential French fashion and contemporary culture magazine founded in Paris in 1992 by Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm. Purple emerged as a reaction against the superficial glamour of the 1980s, pioneering the "anti-fashion" aesthetic and becoming synonymous with the new realism in fashion photography through collaborators like Juergen Teller, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Mario Sorrenti.
Volume IV
F/W 2017 – S/S 2020 · Issues #28–33
Volume III
S/S 2004 – S/S 2017 · Issues #1–27 · Complete Run
Volume II
1998–2003 · The Fusion Era
Purple Books
Artist monograph series
Terry
Terry Richardson
The Hippie Drawings
Richard Prince
Interzone
Hedi Slimane
Ed in Japan
Juergen Teller
Good Morning New York
Rita Ackermann
Selective Memory Series
Helmut Lang
You Can't Drink It...
Dash Snow
Années Érotiques
Christophe Brunnquell
Pigxtras
Harmony Korine
Cuba 2009
Marlene Marino
Debris
Ari Marcopoulos
Pussy
Aurel Schmidt
Vincent
Vincent Darré
Street Mouth
Thurston Moore
About Purple
Purple Prose (1992–1998) began as a reaction against 1980s superficiality, pioneering anti-fashion aesthetics. The first four issues were laid out by Claude Closky at the Jennifer Flay gallery.
In 1994, founders Zahm and Fleiss curated "The Winter of Love" at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, later shown at P.S.1 in New York.
Purple (1998–2003) fused Purple Prose, Purple Fiction, Purple Fashion, and Purple Sexe into 16 issues. Art direction by Christophe Brunnquell until 2006, then M/M Paris.
Purple Fashion Magazine launched in 2004 as Volume III, continuing the publication's legacy of showcasing emerging and established talent in fashion, art, and culture.