Purple Diary [ April 8 ] : Night

Olivier Zahm smoking menthol cigarettes with Byrdie Bell, a young American actress, Moscow. Olivier Zahm

Purple Diary [ April 8 ] : Night

David Lynch and his wife at the dinner to celebrate the opening of his show Fetish in Moscou. Photo Olivier Zahm

“In Hollywood, more often than not, they’re making more kind of traditional films, stories that are understood by people. And the entire story is understood. And they become worried if even for one small moment something happens that is not understood by everyone. But what’s so fantastic is to get down into areas where things are abstract and where things are felt, or understood in an intuitive way that, you can’t, you know, put a microphone to somebody at the theatre and say ‘Did you understand that?’ but they come out with a strange, fantastic feeling and they can carry that, and it opens some little door or something that’s magical and that’s the power that film has.”

Purple Diary [ April 9 ] : Shopping

OLYMPIA in Japan : Crayon House in Omotesando. My favorite bookshop in Tokyo. It’s an international kids bookshop and has a great selection of vintage childrens’ books (which I collect), I am always the only one in there without a pram! There is also a weird organic restaurant in the basement. Olympia Le-Tan

Purple Diary [ April 10 ] : Love

Olivier Zahm and André in the sauna, Ritz-Carlton Hôtel, Moscow. Olivier Zahm

> NOTICED THAT OLIVIER ZAHM IS WEARING A BIRD SKULL NECKLACE ! (MY OBSESSION OF THE MOMENT - WAITING TO RECEIVE THE ONE I BOUGHT FROM EBAY)

Purple Diary [ April 11 ] : Travel

The TACC building from the 1960s — the official communist and post-communist press agency and television station, Moscow. Olivier Zahm

Turandot, Moscow

The main dining room at Turandot, a 10 million dollar reproduction of the Marie Antoinette pavillon designed as a Venitian nightmare with a rotating baroque orchestra. Photo Olivier Zahm

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Purple Diary [ April 11 ] : Night

Ultra modern lovers, Mark Ronson and Joséphine De La Baume at Casta Diva, Moscow. Photo Olivier Zahm