BEST of the SEASON

photography by TERRY RICHARDSON  creative director and text by OLIVIER ZAHM  fashion by CHRISTOPHER NIQUET   For our opening story we asked designer and fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg not only to wear the best looks of the season, but also to collaborate with us on the whole concept of the shoot. Why did we ask Diane to make such a contribution to Purple Fashion? For her glamour,  which has been part of her life since her days at the legendary Studio 54. For her creativity and fearlessness. For her beauty, which seems to ignore time. And for her love for New York City, its architecture and its art. In a way, she’s a true child of Warhol, mixing art and commerce without ever compromising herself. Diane left Paris for New York in the early ’70s, when she was barely out of her teens, but already married with two kids. One of her…