Purple Magazine
— S/S 2010 issue 13

Lindsay Lohan

photography by TERRY RICHARDSON art direction by OLIVIER ZAHM style by CHRISTOPHER NIQUET   Why is it so difficult to accept what’s happening in fashion? This season everyone’s talking about Lindsay Lohan’s new position as creative consultant at Ungaro. Not only did the collection receive bad reviews, it created a scandal on both sides of the Atlantic. The fashion world felt that a line had been crossed: an American celebrity was allowed into the inner circle of fashion designers on Avenue Montaigne. This over-reaction was a sign that the prestige of Paris and the status of The Fashion Designer were in danger. Lindsay Lohan suddenly became the scapegoat for everything the fashion industry dislikes about the celebrity world, a tabloid world this same fashion industry has long used as a gratuitous marketing tool, with no serious consideration for the style or talent of the celebrities the designers invite to their…

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