Today we're appreciating the inspirational icon that is @serenawilliams, who is calling game, set and match on her tennis journey. 🎾
Widely considered one of the sport's greatest all time players, Williams has announced she will be bringing down the curtain on her illustrious tennis career - which has seen her win 23 Grand Slams – later this year at the age of 40. 👏
[The Expressionist Issue, no.249, 2004]
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Photography @theonlymattjones
Styling @heathermary.jackson
Hair Mitzi Williams
Make-up Jamalie
#SerenaWilliams
i-D is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of trailblazing Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake last week at the age of 84. 🕊
For six decades, Issey reinvented traditional notions of fashion, redefined the boundaries of clothing in both functional and aesthetic contexts, and innovated methods of production with his famously springy, pleated garments.
The designer, who was born in Hiroshima and witnessed the 1945 atomic bomb as a 7 year old, subsequently spent his life in search of aesthetic harmony and only revisited his memories later in life. “I have tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to put them behind me, preferring to think of things that can be created, not destroyed, and that bring beauty and joy. I gravitated toward the field of clothing design, partly because it is a creative format that is modern and optimistic.“
Miyake developed several lines, including Pleats Please and A-POC. He designed the black turtlenecks favoured by Steve Jobs, the pleated trousers beloved by several artists, and he was one of the only designers to creatively collaborate with photographers Irving Penn and Nobuyushi Araki. From 1982 until the time of his passing, he made regular appearances in the pages of i-D.
As well as his impact on fashion, Miyake was vehemently pro-peace and a vocal opposer to nuclear power. As per his wishes, there will be no funeral service.
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Text @osman_ahmed_
Photo #IsseyMiyake FW98 In Paris by Daniel Simon/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
20 years ago in August 2002, i-D published 'from my mouth to yours' – a story by legendary Hong Kong photographer Wing Shya, drenched in neon colours and alive with electric energy.
Hit the link in bio to revisit the cinematic story in full on our website.
[The Independent Issue, No. 222, August 2002]
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Photography @wingshya
Styling @kanakobkoga
Hair @sevtsang at Hair Culture
Make-up @zingmakeup
Production Cathy Yu
Set design @manlimchung
Lighting Wong Chi Ming
Models @sqwhat and @thatdanielwu
Stories of the Windrush generation, both of their achievements and their tribulations, have rightly come to increasing prominence in recent years –but we should not be blinded to the fact that Black life in this UK started long before their arrival.
In his latest article for i-D's Beyond Black History series, @athianakec highlights how the erasure of Black Victorians, Tudors, Stuarts and Romans from curriculums and culture means we know little about Black history before 1948 – and the impact that has had on us.
Hit the link in bio to read more.
#blackhistory#windrush#windrushgeneration
The year is 2022 and the archetype most commonly associated with Web 3 is the tech bro, a man who is “bullish on crypto” and at best, flush with cash, but lacking cultural capital.
Meanwhile, high-profile female names in Web 3, such as celebrity enthusiasts Gwyneth Paltrow and Reese Witherspoon employ the language of the girl boss in encouraging women to build their wealth and beat the bros at their own game with “diverse” and “inclusive” NFT projects.
In recent years, tech bros and girl bosses who promise to transform the world or dismantle the patriarchy through capitalism have lost much of their inspirational sheen.
At the link in bio, Tara Kenny argues why Web3 Bimbos – a new archetype who approaches technologies such as crypto and NFTs from a place of whimsy, curiosity, humour and openness – just might have the potential to revive a Web 3 culture that was dead on arrival.
#opinion#thinkpiece#web3#bimbo#bimbofication
Once a month, we’ll be inviting you into the studios of some of fashion’s most exciting emerging talents. to get an insight into their creative process and inspirations.
First up is London designer @aaron.esh, who offers a wardrobe for coming of age in the British capital –
from five-to-a-bathroom flatshares to finding yourself and falling in love.
Swipe to learn more about his work and hit the link in bio to read the full profile.
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Text @orlabeee
Photography @ivan.ruberto
#emergingdesigners#fashion#aaronesh
@mrkimjones' @fendi AW22 Couture show was “A tale of three cities — Kyoto, Rome, and Paris — and a conversation between them,” an ode to globetrotting.
WDYT of the collection?
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Edit @monamoloko
"As activists, we fear that we’re being used to improve a brand’s image and that they are using our voices for their own benefit... But you can’t try to erase the Indigeneity that I fought so hard to represent, and that includes my tattoos."
@quannah.rose is using the runway to change the world.
The model speaks to activist Xiye Bastida at the link in bio about self-care and bringing her Indigenous heritage to climate change conversations in fashion.
[The Earthrise Issue, no. 368, Summer 2022]
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Text @xiyebeara
Introduction @mahoroseward
Photography @mario_sorrenti
Hair @bobrecine
Make up @aarondemey1 at Art Partner
Lighting technician @larsbeau
Digital technician @im_chadmeyer
Production @katiefash, @laylanemejanski and @purplesteve61
All clothing model’s own
#QuannahChasinghorse
The drama! 🎭
For @maisonmargiela’s Artisanal FW/22 show, John Galliano premiered 'Cinema Inferno', a gothic-western action play focusing on two runaway lovers, which was filmed and live-streamed simultaneously in front of a live audience – with the cast dressed in the creative director's collection of classic haute couture silhouettes, iridescent trench coats and Tabi cowboy boots. 🤠
WDYT of the show? 💭
#margiela#johngalliano#couture