TMR-000575Magazine object
i-D Fashion Magazine No. 1
Inaugural issue · first “Straight Up” · original pink/black 50p landscape fanzine
August 1980 launch (September 1980 convention also documented)★ Gold Star object
The inaugural issue of i-D is one of the foundational objects of modern British youth-culture publishing. Produced in an intentionally handmade, fanzine-like landscape format, it established the magazine’s street-level approach to fashion and includes the first “Straight Up” section: head-to-toe portraits documenting what people wore, where they bought it and how they described themselves.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- i-D
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good appearance from supplied photographs — ungraded.
- Completeness
- Appears structurally intact from supplied front cover, rear cover and sampled interior views, but not page-by-page collated. The supplied contents page runs through page 36. Secondary descriptions conflict between 36 and 40 pages; the discrepancy is retained. No standard supplement or free gift has been established from the supplied evidence or research.
- Date
- August 1980 launch (September 1980 convention also documented)
Object record
Catalogue note
The inaugural issue of i-D is one of the foundational objects of modern British youth-culture publishing. Produced in an intentionally handmade, fanzine-like landscape format, it established the magazine’s street-level approach to fashion and includes the first “Straight Up” section: head-to-toe portraits documenting what people wore, where they bought it and how they described themselves. The copy preserves the original 50p cover, hand-made graphic language, editorial credits and Better Badges printing/distribution line. It marks the point at which i-D’s later global influence in fashion photography, styling, graphic design and youth culture began in material form.
Why this object matters
The original i-D launch and Straight Up format are foundational British street-style and graphic-publishing evidence. Retain Gold at 9.8; the unresolved 36/40-page discrepancy and uncollated copy make an absolute 10 unnecessary.
Evidence limits: Appears structurally intact from supplied front cover, rear cover and sampled interior views, but not page-by-page collated. The supplied contents page runs through page 36. Secondary descriptions conflict between 36 and 40 pages; the discrepancy is retained. No standard supplement or free gift has been established from the supplied evidence or research.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.8 / 10 · Gold Star.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
How Archive Importance is assessed →Inside this issue
9 selected entries checked against the photographed contents and credits. This is a partial index; page numbers are printed references, not a physical collation.
View the source photograph ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-11
Page spans are those printed on the contents page. Selected clearly legible credits are recorded; ambiguous names have not been resolved by guesswork.
Meanwhile
Confide
Backspinning
Do What
Bright Sparks
Out of Order
Editorial masthead
Editing: Terry Jones · Editing: Perry Haines
Photography acknowledgements
Photography: Peter Ashworth · Photography: Brian Griffin
Named in the photographic acknowledgements; no particular story is assigned here.
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Recorded contributions · 4
- Terry JonesEditingSource verified
Editorial masthead. Contents and editorial credits — i-D Fashion Magazine No. 1
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Editorial masthead. Contents and editorial credits — i-D Fashion Magazine No. 1
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Photography acknowledgements. Named in the photographic acknowledgements; no particular story is assigned here. Contents and editorial credits — i-D Fashion Magazine No. 1
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Photography acknowledgements. Named in the photographic acknowledgements; no particular story is assigned here. Contents and editorial credits — i-D Fashion Magazine No. 1
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