chloë sevigny (part 7)

chloë sevigny It’s been nearly three decades since Chloë Sevigny’s breakout role in Larry Clark’s Kids (1995), and yet the indie American actor and director remains the face of New York. She never betrayed the city for a career in Los Angeles, instead cultivating a loyal community of artists, musicians, and filmmakers, including Kim Gordon, Jim Jarmusch, Lizzi Bougatsos, and Natasha Lyonne. She is without a doubt the personality who has been photographed the most in Purple since the beginning, to the point that she incarnates the magazine.     CHLOË’S SCENE, 1994 In 1994, the American writer Jay McInerney devoted a long article to a young underground it-girl in the prestigious magazine The New Yorker. It’s weird, this happens all the time. Chloë Sevigny is sitting at one of the outdoor tables at Stingy Lulu’s, on St. Mark’s Place just off Avenue A, absorbing a mixed green salad and…