I-D

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i-D
I-D Magazine Logo.svg
I-D magazine 2021.jpeg
Travis Scott on the cover of the spring 2021 issue
Editor-in-ChiefThom Bettridge
Categories Fashion magazine
FrequencyBi-annual
Founder Terry Jones (i-D)
First issueAugust 1980
CompanyBedford Media
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based in London
LanguageEnglish
Website i-d.co
ISSN 0262-3579

i-D is a British magazine published biannually and dedicated to fashion, music, art, film and youth culture. The magazine was founded in 1980 by former British Vogue art director Terry Jones. [1] [2] Originally published as a hand-stapled fanzine, it has since evolved into a glossy. [1] [3]

Contents

The magazine's publication is currently on hold, in an aim to reposition the magazine. [4]

Details

The magazine is known for its innovative photography and typography and as a training ground for fresh talent. Photographers Wolfgang Tillmans, Mario Testino, Terry Richardson, Craig McDean, [1] Nick Knight and Juergen Teller started their careers at i-D, as did Dylan Jones and Caryn Franklin. Other photographers that have contributed to i-D include Ellen von Unwerth, Robert Fairer, Kayt Jones, Sam Rock, and Petra Collins.

People who have appeared in i-D include Madonna, Grace Jones, Naomi Campbell, Sade, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Kanye West, Helmut Lang, Franz Ferdinand, Chloë Sevigny, Raf Simons, Jun Takahashi, Veronique Branquinho, Lily Cole, Giles Deacon, Timothee Chalamet, Dizzee Rascal, Scarlett Johansson, Rick Owens, Selena Gomez, and Rihanna. [5]

The wink and smile on each front cover—a graphic representation of the magazine's logo—are integral to the i-D identity. [6]

History

i-D was launched in 1980 by Terry Jones. The first issue was priced at 50p, and 50 issues were sold. It was one of the first magazines to cover street fashion. [1]

Raf Simons edited the magazine's February 2001 issue. [7]

Avril Mair stepped down as editor in October 2004; she was replaced by Glenn Waldron. [8]

In 2012 Terry Jones sold the magazine to Vice Media; however, Jones and his wife Tricia Jones remained partners and partial shareholders. [9]

i-D France was launched in website form in 2015. [10] [11]

In 2016, i-D Japan was launched as a print magazine published on a bi-annual basis. The publication's first cover featured Kiko Mizuhara. [12] The magazine's last print issue was published in 2019; however, it is still published digitally. Also in 2016, a Chinese edition of the magazine was launched on digital platforms with accounts on Weibo and WeChat. [13]

i-D Korea was launched as a digital-only publication in July 2021; Songin Han was appointed as the magazine's editor. [14]

In November 2021, the magazine's fashion editor Max Clark was suspended after more than a dozen women accused him of sending sexually inappropriate messages. [15] Clark denied the allegations. [16]

On 14 November 2023, Bedford Media acquired the magazine from Vice Media. [17] Bedford Media is financied by both Karlie Kloss and her husband Joshua Kushner. [18] Kloss was appointed CEO whilst Alastair (at the time Editor-in-Chief) became Chief Creative Officer and Global Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. [19] With the purchase, publication of the magazine was paused. [4]

The magazine's editor Alastair McKimm resigned from his role in February 2024. [20] [4]

i-D's digital presence was relaunched in September 2024, with the website returning and a digital cover featuring Charli XCX and Troye Sivan. [21] Thom Bettridge was later announced as the magazine's new Editor-in-Chief, and the magazine will begin publishing again from March 2025 as a bi-annual publication. [22]

Editors

CountryOperationEditor-in-ChiefStart yearEnd year
United Kingdom (i-D)1980–present Terry Jones 19802012
Dylan Jones 19861988
Caryn Franklin 19861988
Alix Sharkey19881989
John Godfrey19881990
Matthew Collin19911994
Avril Mair19942004 [8]
Glenn Waldron2004 [8] 2006 [23]
Ben Reardon20062010 [24]
Holly Shackleton2010 [25] 2019 [26]
Alastair McKimm2019 [27] 2024 [27]
Thom Bettridge2024present [22]
Japan (i-D Japan)1991–1993 [28] Kiyoshi Yoshizawa1991 [28] 1993
2016–2019 [29]

Editions

i-D operates digitally in France, [11] Germany, Italy, [7] Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom. The magazine previously had a digital presence in Australia, [7] China, Latin America, Mexico, [11] Netherlands, New Zealand, [7] Poland, [11] Spain, [7] and the United States.

The Straight Up

The Straight-Up is a documentary style of photography pioneered by Terry Jones, founder and editor-in-chief of i-D magazine, in 1977. Taking its name from a West Country expression meaning 'tell it like it is', a Straight-Up typically captures a head-to-toe portrait of someone street cast with great personal style, often accompanied by a short question-and-answer defining their life, likes and dislikes.

In 1977, inspired by August Sander's social documentary portraits and Irving Penn's Small Trade series, Jones commissioned British photographer Steve Johnston to photograph London punks head-to-toe against a plain white wall on the Kings Road. Jones intended the pictures to run as a cultural piece in British Vogue, where he then worked as art director. [30] The photographs however were considered too revolutionary, so Jones ran the images in a book he was art directing called Not Another Punk Book, published by Aurum Press. [31] These Straight-Ups went on to form the basis of i-D, a hand-stapled fanzine founded by Jones in 1980. [32] As i-D grew from a fanzine into a fashion magazine, the Straight-Up style of photography continued, culminating in an entire issue of the magazine dedicated to the photographic style in August 2003 (The Straight-Up Issue, No. 234). Today Straight-Ups continue to be featured in i-D. [33]

Publications

Exhibitions

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