Skip to main content

Purple

Purple
Fergus Lawlor

CEO

Caroline Lynch

Founding Director

Nancy Oakley

Director

Stevie King

Director

Cover
VIEW MORE
Partner content by Purple

Purple is an internationally renowned Public Relations Agency with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles providing communications, creative and digital strategies to leading global brands and the next generation of groundbreaking talent within the fashion, music, beauty, lifestyle and luxury goods industries. We align business ambition and cultural energy for commercial success.

The strategic requirements of each client are individually tailored from the outset. Purple’s services cover press relations, print and online editorial procurement, product placement, high profile event management and innovative creative and digital strategies.

Purple offers a wealth of experience and expertise across a broad range of sectors which is used to great effect to leverage clients’ communications. We have an unrivalled network of influencers worldwide, which along with our unique and individual skill set enables us to achieve global success with each communications campaign.

Company Snapshot

TYPEPrivate
ESTABLISHED1997
HEADQUARTERSUnited Kingdom
EMPLOYEES51 - 200

Find out more

Latest News & Analysis
Workplace & Talent

How I Became… ASICS SportStyle’s PR & Collaborations Lead

Anissa Jaffery began her career at fashion PR agencies, where she learnt the ‘ABCs of PR’ before moving in-house to work at a host of global brands, from Net-a-Porter and Topshop to Calvin Klein and G-Star Raw. Now ASICS Sportstyle’s PR and collaborations lead, she shares her advice on how to succeed in fashion PR.

Workplace & Talent

How I Became… ASICS SportStyle’s PR & Collaborations Lead

Anissa Jaffery began her career at fashion PR agencies, where she learnt the ‘ABCs of PR’ before moving in-house to work at a host of global brands, from Net-a-Porter and Topshop to Calvin Klein and G-Star Raw. Now ASICS Sportstyle’s PR and collaborations lead, she shares her advice on how to succeed in fashion PR.


Marketing

How to Choose a PR Agency

A good agency can feel like an extension of a brand and bring fresh expertise towards telling its story. But picking the right partner is growing more complex as the definition of PR rapidly evolves.

Marketing

How to Choose a PR Agency

A good agency can feel like an extension of a brand and bring fresh expertise towards telling its story. But picking the right partner is growing more complex as the definition of PR rapidly evolves.


Luxury

Olding Is the New Blanding: Luxury Brands Look Back to Get Ahead

After an era of streamlined logos and nearly constant drops of Instagrammable merchandise, European fashion houses are reasserting brand signatures from their pasts to signal lasting value in an uncertain market.

Luxury

Olding Is the New Blanding: Luxury Brands Look Back to Get Ahead

After an era of streamlined logos and nearly constant drops of Instagrammable merchandise, European fashion houses are reasserting brand signatures from their pasts to signal lasting value in an uncertain market.


News & Analysis

Join Virgil Abloh, Samira Nasr, Jonathan Anderson and Remo Ruffini at VOICES 2020

BoF’s annual gathering for big thinkers will take place from Dec 1-3, 2020 via a live global broadcast. Register today.

News & Analysis

Join Virgil Abloh, Samira Nasr, Jonathan Anderson and Remo Ruffini at VOICES 2020

BoF’s annual gathering for big thinkers will take place from Dec 1-3, 2020 via a live global broadcast. Register today.


Media

Self Service's Video Issue: A Way Forward For Fashion Media?

The decline in print advertising is squeezing traditional fashion magazines. But brands’ hunger for video content could spell opportunity. Editor and creative director Ezra Petronio tells BoF how Self Service is adapting.

Media

Self Service's Video Issue: A Way Forward For Fashion Media?

The decline in print advertising is squeezing traditional fashion magazines. But brands’ hunger for video content could spell opportunity. Editor and creative director Ezra Petronio tells BoF how Self Service is adapting.


Marketing

Travis Scott Has Become Corporate America’s Go-To Pitchman

The rapper has partnered with an unusually diverse array of brands to churn out everything from food to apparel to toys and more. The result is an entire economy of highly sought-after Scott-branded products, giving companies a ready-made way to generate hype and reach young consumers.

Marketing

Travis Scott Has Become Corporate America’s Go-To Pitchman

The rapper has partnered with an unusually diverse array of brands to churn out everything from food to apparel to toys and more. The result is an entire economy of highly sought-after Scott-branded products, giving companies a ready-made way to generate hype and reach young consumers.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | PVH Names Stefan Larsson Next CEO, Patagonia Announces New Chief Executive

This week, it was announced that Larsson will take the helm from Manny Chirico in February, while Patagonia named Rose Marcario’s successor.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | PVH Names Stefan Larsson Next CEO, Patagonia Announces New Chief Executive

This week, it was announced that Larsson will take the helm from Manny Chirico in February, while Patagonia named Rose Marcario’s successor.


Luxury

For Some Labels, Drops Are Still Working When Nothing Else Is

The model’s enduring success for streetwear brands and niche labels alike may be a lesson to those that have treated it simply as a marketing gimmick.

Luxury

For Some Labels, Drops Are Still Working When Nothing Else Is

The model’s enduring success for streetwear brands and niche labels alike may be a lesson to those that have treated it simply as a marketing gimmick.


Retail

HypeBeasts Have Turned Holiday Shopping On Its Head

In the age of drops and grails, parents who used to line up outside the toy store on Black Friday now hit refresh on Supreme’s website on Thursday morning. Forget A Christmas Story — youth interest in limited streetwear has turned holiday shopping into Die Hard.

Retail

HypeBeasts Have Turned Holiday Shopping On Its Head

In the age of drops and grails, parents who used to line up outside the toy store on Black Friday now hit refresh on Supreme’s website on Thursday morning. Forget A Christmas Story — youth interest in limited streetwear has turned holiday shopping into Die Hard.


News & Analysis

Announcing the Latest Speakers for VOICES 2019

Juergen Teller, Carole Cadwalladr and Alok V Menon are the latest names to join an exciting and inspirational group of speakers at BoF's Annual Gathering for Big Thinkers to be held in Oxfordshire, UK later this month.

News & Analysis

Announcing the Latest Speakers for VOICES 2019

Juergen Teller, Carole Cadwalladr and Alok V Menon are the latest names to join an exciting and inspirational group of speakers at BoF's Annual Gathering for Big Thinkers to be held in Oxfordshire, UK later this month.