purple DIARY

2010

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March 99
February 157
January 195

2009

December 195
November 213
October 178
September 226
August 246
July 176
June 241
May 312
April 311
March 245
January 40
Le Couvent des recollets, recently renovated as an artist...
Jun 1st
Victoire and Thomas’s 1930’s staircase, Paris....
Jun 1st
Victoire de Castellane, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
Jun 1st
Victoire de Castellane’s multicolor bracelet, Paris....
Jun 1st
Natacha Ramsay and Sarah with Ladurée petits fours, at a...
Jun 1st
Asia Zahm playing in the Luxembourg garden, Paris. Photo...
May 31st
An abandoned building, West Virginia. Photo Christopher...
May 31st
Manon Photos Rachel Chandler and Gavin Doyle. Click to see...
May 31st
A drawing of Natacha Ramsay by Cédric Rivrain. Cedric...
May 31st
André and Cedric Rivrain at Cedric’s exhibition...
May 31st
Me and my daughter on the balcony, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 30th
Hôtel Thérèse, a small, confidential hotel on the same...
May 30th
Cyrille Putman, André and Gaspard Noé at Le Montana, Paris....
May 30th
Angelo Sensini with Defina Deletrez-Fendi (left) and Bianca...
May 30th
Leonor Scherrer at Le Montana, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 30th
Mademoiselle Agnes and Emma De Caunes, Le Montana. Photo...
May 30th
Gaspard Noe at Le Montana, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 30th
Michelle Buswell and Sophie Willing rue des Saint Pères,...
May 30th
Michelle Buswell at Purple Institute, Paris. Photo Olivier...
May 30th
Michelle Buswell at Purple Institute, Paris. Photo Olivier...
May 30th
The statuesque Michelle Buswell and me standing next to each...
May 30th
Police station on avenue Daumesnil, Paris. Photo Olivier...
May 30th
A drawing by Stephanie Daoud from the Non official Purple...
May 30th
Asia Zahm back from Monoprix. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 30th
Terence Koh’s house. Photo Rachel Chandler
May 29th
“A beloved friend introduce me your magazine last...
May 29th
Springtime in Los Angeles. Photo Caroline Wolf
May 29th
Jaiko’s Butt from Richard Kern’s show Photos...
May 29th
A conversation with OZ by Stephanie Daoud.
May 29th
Tapestries at the Bristol Hotel, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 28th
Bacchus from the Gallo-Roman Era at the Bristol Hotel,...
May 28th
Hanna Liden, Francesco Clemente, and Terence Koh, New York....
May 28th
Rachel Chandler at Terence Koh’s house. Photo Terence...
May 28th
A work by Nate Lowman presented at Compass in Hand:...
May 28th
A portrait of Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Photo...
May 28th
Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof’s tattoos with André and...
May 28th
THE CHANEL TABLE AT THE AMFAR DINNER, Hotel du Cap,...
May 27th
Olivier Zahm and Lee at Le Montana, Paris. Photo Olivier...
May 27th
A drawing inspired by Juliana Balestin’s self-portrait...
May 27th
The courtyard of the Hotel Ritz, Paris. Photo Asia Zahm
May 27th
Asia Zahm in front of the Hotel Ritz, Paris. Photo Olivier...
May 27th
Asia Zahm and Daphné Guinness for lunch at the bar of the...
May 27th
Dita von Teese and her new boyfriend Count Louis-Marie de...
May 27th
Natacha Ramsay and Allegria Torassa at Le Montana, Paris....
May 27th
Josephine de la Baume and Olivier Zahm at Le Montana, Paris....
May 27th
Morocco. Photo sent by Sara Nataf
May 27th
A religious tattoo at Le Montana, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 27th
A mausoleum, Ohio. Photo Christopher Lusher
May 27th
Detail of a drawing of Olympia Le-Tan by Cédric Rivrain....
May 27th
Gallerist Javier Peres and artist and director Bruce LaBruce...
May 27th
The sexy tattoo of singer Victoria Tibblin at La Fidélité,...
May 26th
Masha Orlov in a Dior dress, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 26th
Christopher Niquet on the Pont Alexandre III, Paris. Photo...
May 26th
Last girl on the dance floor at Le Montana, Paris. Photo...
May 26th
Mutual shooting with the model/photographer Tinamarie, Le...
May 26th
Gregory Bernard, Olivier Zahm and Camille Bidault...
May 26th
At Le Montana, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 26th
André and an American model, Le Montana, Paris. Photo...
May 26th
The fabulous Paquita Paquin at Le Montana, Paris. Photo...
May 26th
A drawing by Stephanie Daoud from the Non official Purple...
May 26th
Le Duc, the best aphrodisiac seafood restaurant in Paris....
May 26th
Love hotels A series of intimate pictures of love hotels...
May 26th
VOGUE AFTER PARTY FOR THE AMFAR BENEFIT at eden roc,...
May 26th
Springtime in Miami. Photo Gavin Doyle
May 25th
Marina Baie des Anges, my favorite building around Antibes,...
May 25th
Back in Paris with Thierry Gillier, Cecilia Bonstrom and...
May 25th
Hotel des Mimosas, Juan-Les-Pins. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 25th
Natacha Ramsay cheerleading at the Hôtel des Mimosas on the...
May 25th
Back at the Hôtel des Mimosas, Juan-Les-Pins. Photo Olivier...
May 25th
The late seventies lobby of the Hôtel des Mimosas, my...
May 25th
The garden at the Hôtel des Mimosas at night, Juan-Les-Pins....
May 25th
The French designer Vanessa Bruno and me at Gaspard...
May 25th
The young American actor Nathaniel Brown who did an...
May 25th
Gaspard Noe’s party of his fantastic movie Enter the...
May 25th
Gaspard Noe dancing with his two child actors, Emily Alyn...
May 25th
The Grand Hotel, which used to be my favorite place to stay,...
May 25th
The sexy Mylene Jampanoi (who plays Bambou in Joann...
May 25th
Finally jumping into a car. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 25th
Waiting for a car in front of the Palm Beach, Cannes. Photo...
May 25th
Arriving in the port of Cannes, next to the Palm Beach....
May 25th
Hotel du cap, Eden Roc beach at night. Cap d’Antibes....
May 25th
Leaving the Croisette, Cannes. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 24th
Leaving the Martinez Hotel at 6:00 A.M., Cannes. Photo...
May 24th
Hotel Martinez shinning like a diamond (with a Swaroski...
May 24th
Cannes 2009. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 24th

2009 Cannes Film Festival speculation...

Palme d’Or: Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon, best direction: Jacques Audiard for A Prophet...
May 24th
Watch Watch
Enter the Void (special effect) An abstract scene with special effect from Gaspar Noé’s film...
May 24th
Jennifer Eymere, Emma Reynaud, Renée, Olympia Le-Tan and...
May 24th
Sharon Stone and Sidney Toledano at the amfAR benefit dinner...
May 24th
VOGUE AFTER PARTY OF THE AMFAR BENEFIT at eden roc, antibes
May 24th
The most glamorous couple of the night, Cecile Cassel and...
May 24th
The lovely Marion Cotillard at the Amfar dinner, Eden Roc,...
May 24th
Lily Cole, who gets more and more radiant, at the Amfar...
May 24th
Cecile Cassel in her sexy fetishist look at the Amfar...
May 24th
Claudia Schiffer in a fabulous Dolce & Gabbana dress at...
May 24th
At the bar of the Eden Roc, Amfar benefit, Antibes. Photo...
May 24th
Manon “She is scary and i like her for that. She is...
May 24th
The ever-wonderful Annie Lennox singing at the Amfar dinner,...
May 24th
Watch Watch
The standing ovation at the premiere of Gaspar Noé’s film Enter the Void at the Cannes film...
May 24th
The swimming pool at the Martinez, Cannes. Photo Olivier...
May 24th
Natacha Ramsay in her Balenciaga Edition dress (tribute to...
May 24th
One image from Enter the Void, Gaspard Noe’s master...
May 24th
Olympia Le-Tan and Paul Sevigny after lunch at La Colombe...
May 23rd
Juan-Les-Pins. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 23rd
Olivier Zahm and Delphine Pastor on the boat going to the...
May 23rd
On the way to the Amfar benefit, Juan-Les-Pins. Photo...
May 23rd
Scott Campbell and a friend swimming, Juan-Les-Pins. Photo...
May 23rd
Scott Campbell’s tattoos under the sun, Juan-Les-Pins....
May 23rd
Jean-Yves Le Fur, Juan-Les-Pins. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 23rd
Ford Mustang, Juan-Les-Pins. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 23rd
The sexy stewardess Claire Leport, Nice. Photo olivier Zahm
May 23rd
Claire Leport, Nice. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 23rd
Jean-Yves Le Fur on his way to Cannes. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 23rd
Leaving for the Cannes Film Festival, Le Bourget, Paris....
May 23rd
Spring in Los Angeles. Photo Dustin A. Beatty
May 20th
Dennis Hopper viewing a large format polaroid taken by actor...
May 20th
Fabianne Gstottenmayr in my bedroom, Los Angeles. Photo The...
May 20th
Alicia Kuczman smoking in front of the Alexandre...
May 20th
Liebling, Zeitschrift für Mode, Film, Musik and Kunst, the...
May 20th
Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 20th

Johnny Hallyday 's cinema comeback

At the Cannes film festival, Vengance is presented by the master of Hong Kong film noir Johnny To...
May 19th
Spring in Los Angeles. Photo Dustin A. Beatty
May 19th
A new collage by René Ricard for his upcoming show at Half...
May 19th
Bruce LaBruce Untitled Hardcore Zombie Project “Zombies...
May 19th
Confessionnals in the Saint Augustin church, Paris. Photo...
May 19th
Spring in Los Angeles. Photo Dustin A. Beatty
May 19th
Qui je suis, Purple Institute, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 18th
A picture by Matt Wright-Steel sent to Purple Diary from...
May 18th
Spring in Los Angeles. Photo Dustin A. Beatty
May 18th
The 17th Life Ball this past weekend in Vienna....
May 18th
Gonzales during his World Record Attempt for the longest...
May 18th
Charlotte Kemp Muhl and Sean Lennon for the Zadig &...
May 17th
Natacha Ramsay in my apartment, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 17th
Asia Zahm ready to spend the afternoon at the Luxembourg...
May 17th
Gregory Bernard and André with Debbie Harry backstage at Le...
May 17th
May 17th
Charlotte Kemp Muhl for the Zadig & Voltaire F/W 2009/10...
May 17th
Watch Watch
Sigur Ros’s Gobbledigook music video made in collaboration with Ryan Mcginley. Via...
May 17th
May 17th
The New Yorkers in Copenhagen Copenhagen’s V1 Gallery...
May 17th
Le Duc, my favorite seafood restaurant, 243 Boulevard...
May 16th
Charlotte Kemp Muhl and Sean Lennon kissing during the Zadig...
May 16th
The statue of a kneeling naked woman from the milk bar scene...
May 16th
Rachel Chandler and Rita Ackermann wearing matching Kai...
May 16th
Jean Touitou and Olivier Zahm at the bar at Le Montana,...
May 16th
Photographer and co-founder of Greybull Press Lisa Eisner at...
May 16th
A self-portrait of Juliana Balestin sent to Purple Diary.
May 15th
Paintings depicting Sonic Youth fans by Kim Gordon given to...
May 15th
TV Baby performing at the closing party for Leo...
May 15th
Anjelica Houston at Mirror of Venus, the photo show by...
May 15th
Purple Alert : Natacha Ramsay has been kidnapped,...
May 15th

Qui est Philippe Morillon? by Karl...

L’Alma-Tadema de l’aérographe, le David des espaces vides, le Ledoux de...
May 15th
Sean Lennon singing at the Amour Karaoke room, Le Baron,...
May 14th
A drawing sent to Purple Diary from Stephanie Daoud.
May 14th
Pop’Africana is beautiful I created the semi-annual...
May 14th
A purple flower for Oliver Zahm and Natacha Ramsay. Photo...
May 14th
Terence Koh performing at the Dizzonance Dance Festival,...
May 14th
Une dernière dance? 1970-1989 Diary of a decade by Philippe...
May 14th
parco delle rimembranze, Venice. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 14th
Via sex (not sex)
May 14th
Olympia Le-Tan and Spencer Product holding the portraits...
May 13th
Nobuyoshi Araki must have x-ray vision as he painted this...
May 13th
At the Gramercy Park Hotel on Saturday night after Sara...
May 13th
Banks Violette’s new show, Not Yet Titled presents a...
May 13th
Is there a Purple Fashion fan out there? New York. Photo...
May 13th
The grandfather that I lost, Rome. Photo Terence Koh
May 13th
The most beautiful new tattoo by Scott Campbell, New York....
May 13th
Art + Commerce now represents Walter Pfeiffer! Pfeiffer’s...
May 13th
Editor of Dune and gallerist Charlie Brown (Fumihiro...
May 13th
Going back to Venice with Stefano my sexy watertaxi driver,...
May 13th
Baptiste Giacobini and Karl Lagerfeld on the Excelsior hotel...
May 13th
The dining room of the Excelsior Hotel, Lido. Photo Olivier...
May 13th
The beautiful and eccentric Amanda Harlech, Karl...
May 13th
Arriving at the Excelsior Hotel, Lido. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 13th
Leaving Venice on my way to the Lido, Venice. Photo Olivier...
May 13th
The Jazz musician, Isao Suzuki with Aya. Isao was in Art...
May 12th
A collection of Russian dolls that Nobuyoshi Araki and his...
May 12th
Kaori and Nobuyoshi Araki holding the portrait I just did...
May 12th
The marble floor of the Regina Hotel which no one would call...
May 12th
Remember Venice. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 12th
Arriving late to Venice. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 11th
Baptiste Giabiconi, Eric Pfrunder and Karl Lagerfeld holding...
May 11th
Porquerolles Island (Hyères Gulf). In the interior, there is...
May 11th
An old map of New York at The City Reliquary Museum in...
May 11th
A drawing by Terence Koh for Purple Diary.
May 11th
Watch Watch
René Ricard reading at the Pax Americana Poet Insurgency at the New York Marble Cemetary on...
May 11th
East Village Boys Find out about the most sexy and...
May 11th
AnOtherMan and Schuebbe projects present Christian...
May 11th
Diane ou le soir, marble statue by Martin Desjardins...
May 10th
Fastes de Cour et cérémonies royales, the Royal Costume in...
May 10th
Asia Zahm playing in the Château de Versailles, Versailles....
May 10th
André and Jennifer Eymere in front of Le Montana, Paris....
May 10th
Three old friends from the 80’s Olivier Zahm, Edouard...
May 10th
Four friends Fabrice Paineau, Lucien Pages, Michael Amzalag...
May 10th
Hommage to my favorite woman writer, Marguerite Duras who...
May 10th
The sexy Hotel d’Angleterre where Hemingway used to...
May 10th
The wall of Serge Gainsbourg’s house in Saint-Germain...
May 10th
Natacha Ramsay in front of Serge Gainsbourg’s house,...
May 10th
Vincent Darré at Rossella Tarabini’s party, Paris. Photo...
May 10th
Yaz Bukey and Natacha Ramsay at Rossella Tarabini’s party,...
May 10th
YSL high heels at Rossella Tarabini’s house, Paris. Photo...
May 10th
Olivier Zahm and Natacha Ramsay on Rossella Tarabini’s bed...
May 10th
The beautiful Eva Ionesco (photographer and daughter of...
May 10th
Vincent Darré (next to the light and wallpaper he designed)...
May 10th
Francis Dorleans, the author of Snob Society (Christopher...
May 10th
Camille Bidault Waddington at Rossella Tarabini’s...
May 10th
Natacha Ramsay and André on my balcony, Paris. Photo Olivier...
May 10th
André’s new graffiti on the door of Colette (to...
May 10th
Asia Zahm wearing a Maison Michel hat at Purple Institute,...
May 10th
André, Eko Sato, Sarah and the young couple who just opened...
May 10th
A beautiful picture of the young Lucy, the daughter of...
May 10th
My sister Cleo Le-Tan came over to Tokyo for the weekend. I...
May 10th
A new work (Parking Accidents) from Rita Ackermann
May 10th
Oz, It’s a mannequin in an old unused store downtown...
May 10th
Elton John by Juergen Teller for The Elton John AIDS...
May 9th
Troubles, a new tattoo by Scott Scampbell, New York. Photo...
May 9th
A new kind of financial advertising, JFK airport, New York....
May 9th
Leaving New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 9th
New Yorker, 34th Street, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 9th
Another picture of Dakota at the Standard Hotel, New York....
May 9th
The Meatpacking District and Diane Von Furstenberg’s...
May 9th
Dakota at the Standard Hotel, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 9th
Dakota at the Standard Hotel, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 9th
A drawing sent to Purple Diary from Stephanie Daoud
May 9th
A picture sent to Purple Diary from Los Angeles. Photo...
May 8th
This is Kenji in his record bar called DMX. It’s...
May 8th
Mary Frey at the Bowery Hotel, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 8th
Avenue of the Americas, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 8th
Listen Listen
The Big Pink/Velvet: a fantastic Gang Gang Dance remix Via Geometrie Variable
May 8th
Aurel Schmidt’s new tattoo by Scott Campbell, New...
May 7th
The amazing Grace Jones will always be the most glamorous....
May 7th
Rockfeller Center, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 7th
Christopher Niquet and his favorite book Snob Society by...
May 7th
Wade Oates and Rachel Chandler dancing at Lit, New York....
May 7th
Chrissie Miller from Sophomore and Rachel Chandler dancing...
May 7th
Rachel Chandler dancing at Lit, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 7th
Wade Oates from the Virgins at Lit, New York. Photo Olivier...
May 7th
Nathalie wearing black Miu Miu high heels, Bowery Hotel, New...
May 7th
Chris Brenner and Milla Jovovich at the Bowery Hotel, New...
May 7th
Dan Colen, Milla Jovovich and Olivier Zahm at the Bowery...
May 7th
Milla Jovovich and Olivier Zahm at the Bowery Hotel, New...
May 7th
Olivier Zahm and Secret Snow leaving Omen, New York. Photo...
May 7th
Jade Berreau and Secret Snow at Omen, New York. Photo...
May 7th
Gareth Pugh, Carson McColl, Matthew Stone and Katie...
May 7th
A vase at my home, missing my girlfriend who is in Italy,...
May 7th
Dash Snow fixing his camera, Standard Hotel, New York. Photo...
May 6th
A drawing sent to Purple Diary from Stephanie Daoud
May 6th
Jamie Del Moon and Lou Doillon at the Bowery Hotel, New...
May 6th
Jamie Del Moon arriving from Brooklyn on his bicycle in the...
May 6th
Mario Sorrenti in his studio selecting pictures of the shoot...
May 6th
Terence Koh new show Boy By The Sea at Peres Projects in...
May 5th
Masha Orlov reading Passion Isn’t Always Purple by Hal...
May 5th
American actress Dakota Goldhor naked at the Standard Hotel,...
May 5th
Mary-Kate Olsen at the Rodarte Met Ball after party at the...
May 5th
Rachel Chandler at the Rodarte Met Ball after party at the...
May 5th
Sophia Hesketh and Lauren Santo Domingo at the Rodarte Met...
May 5th
Elle, Sophia Hesketh and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld dancing at...
May 5th
Milla Jovovich and Olivier Theykens at the Rodarte Met Ball...
May 5th
Stefano Tonchi and Francesco Vezolli at the Rodarte Met Ball...
May 5th
Coco Rocha at the Rodarte Met Ball after party at the...
May 5th
Dasha Zhukova at the Rodarte Met Ball after party at the...
May 5th
Sophia Hesketh at the Rodarte Met Ball after party at the...
May 5th
Olivier Zahm and Waris Ahluwalia at the Bowery Hotel, New...
May 5th
Caroline Gaimari at the Purple Office on Broadway, New York....
May 5th
My friend Renée took me to The Salvation Army in Tokyo....
May 4th
The Kills performed at Webster Hall on Saturday May 2nd and...
May 4th
A drawing sent to Purple Diary from Stephanie Daoud
May 4th
On the evening of April 26th, school teacher Gerhard Frommel...
May 4th
Olivier Zahm wearing Aurel Schmidt’s glasses at the...
May 4th
Jade Berreau and Secret Snow at the Bowery Hotel, New York....
May 4th
Paz de la Huerta boxing at André’s private gym, New...
May 4th
André Balazs and Paz de La Huerta, New York. Photo Olivier...
May 4th
Lux Interior is an exhibition of a single painting by Jutta...
May 3rd
The Standard hotel, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 3rd
Another view from the Standard Hotel, reminiscent of Hugh...
May 3rd
Aurel Schmidt and Olivier Zahm at the Bowery Hotel, New...
May 3rd
Milla Jovovich and Paul Anderson at the Bowery Hotel, New...
May 3rd
On Great Jones Street, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 3rd
Aimee Mullins in the staircase of Francesco Clemente’s...
May 3rd
Performance at the Francesco Clemente’s afterparty and...
May 3rd
Francesco Clemente’s studio on Broadway, New York....
May 3rd
Rachel Chandler and Fabiola Beracasa at Francesco...
May 3rd
Performance at the Francesco Clemente’s afterparty and...
May 3rd
Bernard-Henry Levi and Paz de la Huerta at Francesco...
May 3rd
Paz de La Huerta at Francesco Clemente’s afterparty in...
May 3rd
Rachel Chandler and Chiara Clemente at Francesco...
May 3rd
Francesco Clemente is back with a really good show at Deitch...
May 3rd
Jean pigozzi at Francesco Clemente’s opening, Deitch...
May 3rd
Rachel and Paz de la Huerta at Francesco Clemente’s...
May 3rd
Sunset at The Standard Hotel, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 3rd
Nobuyoshi Araki talking to Marlene Marino about her Purple...
May 3rd
Lady Gaga, New York. Photo Christopher Niquet
May 3rd
Back in the city finally! The Standard Hotel, New York....
May 2nd
Off the bridge on Delancey, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 2nd
Williamsburg bridge, New York. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 2nd
Musée du Louvre at 6 00 a.m., Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 1st
Betty Boop, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
May 1st
Alice Dellal at Mark Ronson and Joséphine de La...
May 1st
Asia Zahm at Mark Ronson and Joséphine de La Baume’s...
May 1st
Peter Pan faïence figurines at Victoire de...
May 1st