Designer

i-D meets Elena Velez, Willy Chavarria and Theophilio’s Edvin Thompson – three visionary designers shaping New York’s independent fashion landscape.

Upcycled fashion maverick Nicole McLaughlin dives deep into her design process in i-D’s 10 Questions. Through everyday objects and garments, she redefines D-I-Y fashion and sustainable design.

A male model reveals that the modeling industry functions under expectations of models sleeping with designers and outright propositions of sex from those in power.

Shaking up the capital’s fashion scene from afar, these four designers are a non-compromising, multi-tasking collaborator of the creative resistance.

Our playful take on pronunciation teaches you how to speak your international fashion alphabet.