Purple Fashion Number 4, Winter 1998
The fourth and final issue of Purple Fashion (now simply known was Purple), an offshoot publication of Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm's original collaboration (Purple Prose), which ran from 1992 to 1998. Bringing together work by photographers such as Collier Schorr and Torbjørn Rødland alongside influential fashion labels and designers including Helmut Lang, Comme des Garçons, and BLESS, Purple Fashion offered a compelling visual exploration of the late-1990s French fashion landscape.
Founded in 1992 by Fleiss and Zahm, the Purple project began as a magazine created in reaction to the perceived superficial glamour of the 1980s. With anti-fashion and avant-garde ideals at the core of its founding, Purple's aesthetic is closer to that of a fanzine than a traditional fashion publication.
Since then, the company has expanded to include a publishing house, an art gallery and several magazines dedicated to fashion (Purple Fashion), sexuality (Purple Sexe) and literary criticism (Purple Fiction). Through these ventures, Purple has established itself as a distinctive and influential force in the international fashion and cultural landscape. Item #2131.
Condition: Very Good, light scuffing to front and back covers; light rubbing to head and tail of spine; some edgewear, ISBN sticker to back cover.
Price: $175.00