the beautiful issue

The photographer renowned for documenting the golden age of the supermodel presents his iconic portfolio, Arthur Elgort sees The Big Picture.

What were you doing when you were 18? Imaan Hammam was busy being a Victoria's Secret Angel, a Vogue cover star and the face of Givenchy... We find out what makes her tick.

Exploding onto the scene with bangs to turn Taylor Swift green with jealousy and a face that could send a thousand designers into a frenzy, Mica Arganaraz is the next super duper model.

Olivia Rose and Jack Borkett shoot the hottest boys this side of the Atlantic as we find out what beauty means to them today.

Chopping, cropping, dyeing, frying, soaking, twisting, piercing, painting, and stripping: 2014 was the year we pushed beauty to the extreme. Whether testing how faux we could go with fake piercings and temporary tattoos or scaling things back-to-basics...

​From musings on what it’s like to be young, old, male, or female today to forecasting the future of fashion, challenging conventions of beauty and unpicking the very meaning of love, this year has seen i-D question the old and embrace the new with...

Drawing inspiration from his club kid past, Yadim is the Californian-born, NY-based make-up artist with a passion for colour. On speed dial to the big names of the fashion industry, Yadim was recently appointed Global Make-up Artist of Maybelline New...

Photographer Benjamin Alexander Huseby shoots cool coiffeur Anthony Turner's styling talent with hair raising results.

Harley Weir and Julia Sarr-Jamois get up close and personal with our favourite new faces and street-cast models for The Beautiful Issue.

From beards to beefy pecs, from confidence to a smile and wink, beauty comes in many different forms. In celebration of the Beautiful issue (in-stores now) Here's how the i-D team defines beauty....

Gosha Rubchinskiy and Elgar Johnson team the season's streetwear with some of the most brooding and beautiful boys around.

Tyrone Lebon and Julia Sarr-Jamois shoot street cast nudes for The Beautiful Issue.