JONES, Terry. i-D Fashion Magazine.

(London): T J Informat Design Ltd., [1981].  First edition.  Softcover.  21cm by 29.7cm  44 pages.  Issue 4 of perhaps the coolest magazine ever published. i-D began as a fanzine dedicated to the street style of punk-era London in 1980 and soon became essential reading for the fashion-aware.  This issue includes examples of the hybrid style of documentary/fashion photography called ‘The Straight Up’. Here punks and New Wave youth found on English streets who were simply asked to stand against any nearby blank wall. The resulting pictures—the subjects facing the camera and seen from “top to toe”—are a vivid historical documentary photography archive, of contemporary youth culture. Also includes an interview with Gerry Anderson, the history of funk, tie-die, Box Hill bikers, Low Riders, Valerian’s and more.  A very good copy in stapled wrappers.