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Cover star: Teairra Mari and Jay-Z Straighten up on our signature style. Together with special collaborators Simon Foxton and Stephen Male, i-D supplies an essential snapshot of global street style in 2005 from Tokyo to Mexico City, Los Angeles to London Town. Say cheese/ It’s the most significant imprint of the hip hop age. Squint a bit and it changed pop music forever. So was there really anyone better to take charge of Def Jam’s creative future than long-time affiliate, rap Messiah and Brooklyn street ascendant Jay-Z? Here Shawn Carter breaks his silence to talk exclusively to i-D, alongside labelmate and Grammy award-winner Kanye West and new signing Teairra Mari. Welcome to the future. Text by Paul Flynn. Photography by Terry Richardson/ For over ten years photographer Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek have developed their art project Exactitudes. Recording tribal fashion trends from guys with sleeve tattoos, fly girls to bouncers, the project is a record of cultural moments and collective identity. This is what happens when exact meets attitude. Text by Ben Reardon. Photography by Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek/ i-D photographer Alasdair McLellan champions an unsung British youth. Seen through a decidedly British lens, his casting story shows why boys will always be boys…Text by Ben Reardon. Photography by Alasdair McLellan/ Now celebrating his thirty-fifth year, the French designer Jean Paul Gaultier has long outgrown his moniker as ‘the enfant terrible’ of French fashion. Reinventing man as poster boy, arm candy and all round sex object, here he looks back at his era of ‘L’Homme Objet’, and considers the future for mens’ fashion. Text by Rebecca Voight. Photography by John Balsom/ Crunk, grime, garage, hip hop, ragga, soca, salsa, dancehall, two-step, screwed and chopped; now there’s another name to add to the list. Reggaeton is a thrilling fusion of reggae riddims and electro beats. Previously banned by the Puerto Rican government, this Summer get ready for a new booty call. Text by Sarah Bentley. Photography by Debbie Bragg/ And last but not least, collaborator Simon Foxton gets the third degree. The super-stylist talks about Leigh Bowery, Nazi regalia and the legacy of Richard Whiteley...
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