straights ups

i-D photographed all the best looks at Parsons and The New School.

In this week’s episode of i-D podcast, Fash-ON Fash-OFF, we explore the origin of the straight up: a documentary style of photography that uses head-to-toe portraits to capture people in both real and imaginary situations.

At Afropunk Atlanta's 2018 edition, guests expressed self-love and solidarity in bedazzled blue tulle and alien nipple covers.

Photographer Amber Grace Dixon accosted the coolest kids with the coolest looks at London's biggest, gayest festival.

Sydney photographer Daphne Nguyen shoots the cool kids of Australian Fashion Week.

The straight up was invented by Terry Jones in 1980, published in the first issues of i-D. It's a head-to-toe portrait of someone looking good in their clothes with something to say.