Echoing the “Indian Summer” theme from Purple’s first issue in the fall of ’92, this beauty story captures the fading rays of summer light — the ultimate beauty product — dancing over hair and skin.
photography by KATJA RAHLWES
Nadja Bender Knudsen @ NATHALIE MODELS, model — Caroline Gaimari, fashion editor — Alessandro Rebbechi @ ARTLIST, hair — Georgina Graham @ MANAGEMENT + ARTISTS, make-up — Fred Tron and Sika Chevreuil, production — Daniel van Skye @ ARTFORM FROUP, casting — Jochem Sanders, photographer’s assistants — BPONG PARIS, retouching
Special thanks to Marie-José Jalou for lending us her house, La Galaxie in L’Esterel, France
[Table of contents]
René Burri
by Olivier Zahm with a portfolio designed by Comme Des Garçons
Metaphysics and Fiction about the Worlds Beyond Science
essay by Quentin Meillassoux
night pictures
by Olivier Zahm and Stéphane Feugère with a portfolio by Dominique Nabokov