# I-D
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{{Short description|British magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = i-D
| logo = I-D Magazine Logo.svg
| logo_size = 100
| italic title = no
| image_file = I-D magazine 2021.jpeg
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [Travis Scott](/source/Travis_Scott) on the cover of the spring 2021 issue
| editor = Thom Bettridge
| editor_title = Editor-in-Chief
| staff_writer =
| photographer =
| category = [Fashion magazine](/source/Fashion)
| frequency = Bi-annual
| circulation =
| publisher =
| founder = [Terry Jones](/source/Terry_Jones_(i-D))
| founded =
| firstdate = August 1980
| company = Bedford Media
| country = United Kingdom
| based = [London](/source/London)
| language = English
| website = {{URL|https://i-d.co}}
| issn = 0262-3579
| oclc =
}}
'''''i-D''''' is a British biannual magazine dedicated to [fashion](/source/fashion), [music](/source/music), [art](/source/art), [film](/source/film) and [youth culture](/source/youth_culture). The magazine was launched in 1980 by [Terry Jones](/source/Terry_Jones_(i-D)),[{{cite news |date=15 October 2005 |title=i-D magazine: Identity parade |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/id-magazine-identity-parade-319634.html |access-date=19 May 2015 |newspaper=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent) |location=London |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925092022/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/id-magazine-identity-parade-319634.html |url-status=live }}][{{cite journal |author=Ane Lynge-Jorlén |date=2012 |title=Between Frivolity and Art: Contemporary Niche Fashion Magazines |journal=Fashion Theory |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=7–28 |doi=10.2752/175174112X13183318404104 |s2cid=191600010}}] originally as a hand-stapled [fanzine](/source/fanzine). It has since evolved into a [glossy publication](/source/Glossy_magazine).[{{Cite news |last=Brook |first=Stephen |date=2009-05-13 |title=Style magazine i-D to scale back to six issues a year |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/13/id-magazine-six-issues-year |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}]
In 2023 the magazine's publication was put on hold following its acquisition by Bedford Media.[{{Cite web |last=Douglass |first=Rachel |date=2024-02-15 |title=Editor-in-chief of i-D Magazine to step down, publication on pause |url=https://fashionunited.com/news/business/editor-in-chief-of-i-d-magazine-to-step-down-publication-on-pause/2024021558420 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=FashionUnited |language=en |archive-date=2025-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323023342/https://fashionunited.com/news/business/editor-in-chief-of-i-d-magazine-to-step-down-publication-on-pause/2024021558420 |url-status=live }}] It returned in Spring 2025 as a biannual publication.[{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Hikmat |date=2025-03-06 |title=Under Karlie Kloss, i-D Magazine Is Still Punk |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/karlie-kloss-i-d-magazine-reluanch-print-1237025499/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=WWD |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306150207/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/karlie-kloss-i-d-magazine-reluanch-print-1237025499/ |url-status=live }}]
==Details==
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The magazine is known for its innovative [photography](/source/photography) and [typography](/source/typography) and as a training ground for fresh talent. Photographers [Wolfgang Tillmans](/source/Wolfgang_Tillmans), [Mario Testino](/source/Mario_Testino), [Terry Richardson](/source/Terry_Richardson), [Craig McDean](/source/Craig_McDean),[{{Cite web|title=Liv Fontaine|url=https://i-d.co/article/liv-fontaine-is-getting-naked-in-the-name-of-art-history/|website=i-D|access-date=15 September 2015}}]
The wink and smile on each front cover—a graphic representation of the magazine's logo—are integral to the i-D identity.[{{Cite web|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/page/i-d-about-us-en-uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908200733/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/page/i-d-about-us-en-uk|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2017|title=about us|website=I-d}}]
== History ==
''i-D'' was launched in 1980 by [Terry Jones](/source/Terry_Jones_(i-D)). The first issue was priced at 50p, and 50 issues were sold. It was one of the first magazines to cover [street fashion](/source/street_fashion).[{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Tianwei |date=2023-02-23 |title=i-D Issues Zine Dedicated to Raf Simons With Spring Issue |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/id-rafzine-raf-simons-timeless-issue-1235540700/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=WWD |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916075909/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/id-rafzine-raf-simons-timeless-issue-1235540700/ |url-status=live }}]
Avril Mair stepped down as editor in October 2004; she was replaced by Glenn Waldron.[{{Cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=2012-12-18 |title=Vice Media buys style publication i-D |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/dec/18/vice-media-buys-i-d |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2013-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210164828/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/dec/18/vice-media-buys-i-d |url-status=live }}]
''i-D France'' was launched in website form in 2015.[{{Cite web |last=FR |first=FashionNetwork com |title=Le magazine branché i-D se décline sur le Web en version française |url=https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Le-magazine-branche-i-d-se-decline-sur-le-web-en-version-francaise,573786.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=FashionNetwork.com |language=fr |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916075909/https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Le-magazine-branche-i-d-se-decline-sur-le-web-en-version-francaise,573786.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last=Guilbault |first=Laure |date=2015-07-24 |title=I-D Set to Launch in France |url=https://wwd.com/feature/i-d-france-magazine-launch-vice-media-10192385/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[WWD](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily) |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916075909/https://wwd.com/feature/i-d-france-magazine-launch-vice-media-10192385/ |url-status=live }}]
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](/source/Kiko_Mizuhara).[{{Cite web |last=Wetherille |first=Kelly |date=2016-05-23 |title=i-D Launches Japanese Edition |url=https://wwd.com/feature/i-d-launches-japanese-edition-10435291/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=WWD |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916045830/https://wwd.com/feature/i-d-launches-japanese-edition-10435291/ |url-status=live }}] 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](/source/Weibo) and [WeChat](/source/WeChat).[{{Cite web |last=Menendez |first=Enrique |date=18 August 2016 |title=Will Digital Media Break China's Fashion Magazine Oligarchy? |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/china/will-digital-media-break-chinas-fashion-magazine-oligarchy/ |website=The Business of Fashion |access-date=16 September 2024 |archive-date=12 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212031147/https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/china/will-digital-media-break-chinas-fashion-magazine-oligarchy/ |url-status=live }}]
''i-D Korea'' was launched as a digital-only publication in July 2021; Songin Han was appointed as the magazine's editor.[{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Tianwei |date=2021-07-07 |title=i-D Launches South Korean Edition, Opens Base in Seoul |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/id-vice-south-korea-songin-han-1234872131/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[WWD](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily) |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916075912/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/id-vice-south-korea-songin-han-1234872131/ |url-status=live }}]
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.[{{cite web |date=11 November 2021 |title=Fashion editor at Vice's i-D magazine suspended over sexual misconduct claims |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/11/max-clark-fashion-editor-vice-i-d-magazine-suspended-sexual-misconduct-claims |access-date=2021-11-11 |website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)}}] Clark denied the allegations.[{{cite web |date=11 November 2021 |title=Fashion magazine suspends senior editor over sexual harassment claims |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/11/fashion-magazine-suspends-senior-editor-sexual-harassment-claims/ |access-date=2 April 2022 |website=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402093107/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/11/fashion-magazine-suspends-senior-editor-sexual-harassment-claims/ |url-status=live }}]
On 14 November 2023, Bedford Media acquired the magazine from [Vice Media](/source/Vice_Media).[{{Cite web |last=Guthrie |first=Marisa |date=2023-11-14 |title=Karlie Kloss Acquires i-D Magazine From Vice Media |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/karlie-kloss-acquires-id-magazine-vice-media-1235926339/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=[WWD](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily) |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114175048/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/karlie-kloss-acquires-id-magazine-vice-media-1235926339/ |url-status=live }}] Bedford Media is financed by both [Karlie Kloss](/source/Karlie_Kloss) and her husband [Joshua Kushner](/source/Joshua_Kushner), the younger brother of [Jared Kushner](/source/Jared_Kushner) the son-in-law of [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump).[{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Lauren |date=2024-06-10 |title=Profit & Kloss |url=https://puck.news/status-report-on-karlie-kloss-foray-into-print/#:~:text=In%20late%202023,%20Bedford%20Media,or%20simply%20foolish%20business%20concept. |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[Puck](/source/Puck_(media_company)) |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916154535/https://puck.news/status-report-on-karlie-kloss-foray-into-print/#:~:text=In%20late%202023,%20Bedford%20Media,or%20simply%20foolish%20business%20concept. |url-status=live }}] Kloss was appointed CEO whilst Alastair (at the time Editor-in-Chief) became Chief Creative Officer and Global Editor-in-Chief of the magazine.[{{Cite web |last=Pearl |first=Diana |date=2023-11-14 |title=Karlie Kloss Is Acquiring i-D Magazine |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/media/karlie-kloss-is-acquiring-i-d-magazine/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114191356/https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/media/karlie-kloss-is-acquiring-i-d-magazine/ |url-status=live }}] With the purchase, publication of the magazine was paused.[{{Cite web |last=Douglass |first=Rachel |date=2024-02-15 |title=Editor-in-chief of i-D Magazine to step down, publication on pause |url=https://fashionunited.com/news/business/editor-in-chief-of-i-d-magazine-to-step-down-publication-on-pause/2024021558420 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=FashionUnited |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916034454/https://fashionunited.com/news/business/editor-in-chief-of-i-d-magazine-to-step-down-publication-on-pause/2024021558420 |url-status=live }}]
The magazine's editor Alastair McKimm resigned from his role in February 2024.[{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Chantal |author-link=Chantal Fernandez |date=2024-02-15 |title=What's Going on at i-D? |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/whats-going-on-at-karlie-klosss-i-d-magazine.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[The Cut](/source/The_Cut_(New_York)) |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501231027/https://www.thecut.com/article/whats-going-on-at-karlie-klosss-i-d-magazine.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Hikmat |date=2024-09-04 |title=i-D Magazine Relaunches Website With Charli XCX, Troye Sivan on Digital Cover |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/i-d-magazine-relaunches-website-charli-xcx-troye-sivan-1236568789/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=WWD |language=en-US |quote="After a seven-month hiatus i-D Magazine is back online with Charli XCX and Troye Sivan on the homepage of its newly relaunched website." |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916075911/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/i-d-magazine-relaunches-website-charli-xcx-troye-sivan-1236568789/ |url-status=live }}] Thom Bettridge was later announced as the magazine's new Editor-in-Chief, and the magazine will began publishing again from March 2025 as a bi-annual publication.[{{Cite web |last=Carbone |first=Simone Stern |date=17 September 2024 |title=i-D Magazine Appoints Thom Bettridge Editor in Chief |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/media/i-d-magazine-appoints-thom-bettridge-editor-in-chief/ |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=The Business of Fashion |archive-date=17 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917182926/https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/media/i-d-magazine-appoints-thom-bettridge-editor-in-chief/ |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |last=Timms |first=Dominic |date=2004-11-10 |title=Waldron takes reins at i-D |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/nov/10/pressandpublishing1 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}]
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|Glenn Waldron
|2004[{{Cite web |title=Glenn Waldron |url=https://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsW/waldron-glenn.php |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.doollee.com |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916042610/https://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsW/waldron-glenn.php |url-status=live }}]
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|Ben Reardon
|2006
|2010[{{Cite web |last=Luft |first=Oliver |date=2010-08-02 |title=i-D editor Ben Reardon to take over at GQ Style |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/i-d-editor-ben-reardon-to-take-over-at-gq-style/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[Press Gazette](/source/Press_Gazette) |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916042609/https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/i-d-editor-ben-reardon-to-take-over-at-gq-style/ |url-status=live }}]
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|Holly Shackleton
|2010[{{Cite web |author=W. W. D. Staff |date=2010-08-10 |title=Constance White Exits eBay... I-D's New Editor... From the Heart... |url=https://wwd.com/feature/constance-white-exits-ebay-i-ds-new-editor-from-the-heart-3208213-1288320/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[WWD](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily) |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916042612/https://wwd.com/feature/constance-white-exits-ebay-i-ds-new-editor-from-the-heart-3208213-1288320/ |url-status=live }}]
|2019[{{Cite web |last=Conti |first=Samantha |date=2019-02-28 |title=Holly Shackleton Named Editor in Chief of Vogue International |url=https://wwd.com/feature/holly-shackleton-named-editor-in-chief-of-vogue-international-1203059842/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[WWD](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily) |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916042611/https://wwd.com/feature/holly-shackleton-named-editor-in-chief-of-vogue-international-1203059842/ |url-status=live }}]
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|Alastair McKimm
|2019[{{Cite web |date=2024-02-14 |title=Alastair McKimm Is Leaving i-D Magazine |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/media/alastair-mckimm-is-leaving-i-d-magazine-karlie-kloss/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222135325/https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/media/alastair-mckimm-is-leaving-i-d-magazine-karlie-kloss/ |url-status=live }}]
|2024[{{Cite web |title=i-D Japan アイディー・ジャパン 1991年 10月号【創刊号】 / 編: 吉澤潔 {{!}} 小宮山書店 KOMIYAMA TOKYO {{!}} 神保町 古書・美術作品の販売、買取 |url=https://www.book-komiyama.co.jp/booklist_detail.php?item_id=100898 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.book-komiyama.co.jp |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916045831/https://www.book-komiyama.co.jp/booklist_detail.php?item_id=100898 |url-status=live }}]
|Kiyoshi Yoshizawa
|1991[{{Cite web |last=Wetherille |first=Kelly |date=2016-05-23 |title=i-D Launches Japanese Edition |url=https://wwd.com/feature/i-d-launches-japanese-edition-10435291/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[WWD](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily) |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916045830/https://wwd.com/feature/i-d-launches-japanese-edition-10435291/ |url-status=live }}]
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=== Editions ===
''i-D'' operates digitally in Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom. The magazine previously had a digital presence in Australia,[{{Cite web |date=2 August 2016 |title=The Iconoclastic Terry Jones, the Art Director Who Started Street Style Culture |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/terry-jones-interview |website=W Magazine |access-date=30 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130170835/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/terry-jones-interview |url-status=live }}] These Straight-Ups went on to form the basis of i-D, a hand-stapled [fanzine](/source/fanzine) founded by Jones in 1980.[{{cite web |title=Hint Fashion Magazine -- Hinterview: Terry Jones |url=http://www.hintmag.com/hinterview/terryjones/terryjones1.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316101417/http://www.hintmag.com/hinterview/terryjones/terryjones1.php |archive-date=2006-03-16 |website=www.hintmag.com}}] 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''.[{{cite web |title=Defining Style Making i-D: An Interview with Terry Jones: Voice: AIGA Journal of Design: Writing: AIGA |url=http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/defining-style-making-i-d |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405002455/http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/defining-style-making-i-d |archive-date=2007-04-05 |website=www.aiga.org}}]
==Publications==
* ''A Decade of i-Deas, the Encyclopaedia of the '80s. Compiled and Produced by i-D Magazine''. Edited by John Godfrey. London: [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books), 1990. {{ISBN|0-14-012952-9}}.
* ''Family Future Positive''. Terry and Tricia Jones, and Avril Mair. London: i-D, 1998. {{ISBN|978-0-9512928-0-8}}.
* ''Fashion Now. i-D selects the world's 150 most important designers''. Terry Jones and Avril Mair. Cologne: Taschen, 2003. {{ISBN|3-8228-2187-X}}.
* ''Fashion Now 2. i-D selects the world's 160 most important designers''. Terry Jones and Susie Rushton. Cologne: Taschen, 2005. {{ISBN|3-8228-4241-9}}.
* i-D: Wink + Smile! The First Forty Years. [Rizzoli](/source/Rizzoli_Libri), 2022. {{ISBN|978-0847871780}}
* ''Safe+Sound''. Terry and Tricia Jones. London: i-D, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-9552174-1-8}}.
* ''SMILE i-D. Fashion and Style. 20 years of i-D magazine''. Terry Jones. London: i-D / Cologne: [Taschen](/source/Taschen), 2000. {{ISBN|3-8228-5778-5}}.
==Exhibitions==
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* ''Smile i-D.'' Initially launched in 2001 for ''i-D''{{'}}s 20th birthday, Smile i-D highlighted the spirit of the magazine. Since then, the show toured internationally, growing with each destination to include new material. [Wapping Hydraulic Power Station](/source/Wapping_Hydraulic_Power_Station), London, April 2001; [Armani](/source/Giorgio_Armani) flagship store, Milan, June 2001; [Espace Cardin](/source/Pierre_Cardin), Paris, October 2001; Art Directors Club, New York, November 2001; El Dorrego, Buenos Aires, October/November 2003; Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, February 2004; [Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes](/source/Museo_Nacional_de_Bellas_Artes_(Santiago_de_Chile)), Santiago, Chile, April 2004; Corp Banca, Caracas, July 2004; "+7.095.Art" gallery, Moscow, April 2007.
* ''i-Dentity.'' The exhibition focused on [identity](/source/Personal_identity), using still images, film, sound and smell. [Fashion and Textile Museum](/source/Fashion_and_Textile_Museum), London, October 2005 (For ''i-D's'' 25th anniversary)