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Nail It is the fierce new beauty brand founded by trans activist and author Charlie Craggs, where every nail decal starts a conversation around a trans issue. Her first fight is trans visibility and she’s using it to petition Unicode (the people who decide which emojis appear on our keyboard) over the lack of a transgender flag emoji – the most requested for two years running. Until the community gets its flag they’re hijacking the lobster, and today Charlie tells i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse all about it. 

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The gender binary is being shaken up! As new generations increasingly view gender and sexuality as unfixed, we meet model and activist Munroe Bergdorf to unravel why the future of fashion is non-binary. 

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With toe shoes on the runway, we discuss whether footwear's latest felony is a step too far. We try to figure out whether ‘ugly as cool’ is still news in 2018. And we question whether we’re witnessing the rise of the next big footwear trend, or the thing to finally push ‘ugly’ design into the realm of flat-out parody. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Deputy Editor Felix Petty and Rebel Royale, creator of ugly shoe Instagram account @CrimesAgainstShoemanity. 

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This week we hand the reigns over to South London broadcaster and friend of i-D Zooey Gleaves. Zooey’s going to be investigating how the fashion industry has changed and how a new generation of models are championing ideas of representation. He’s going to be discussing what the emergence of new bodies in fashion can provoke, and whether casting choices can be inclusive as well as tokenistic. And he’s going to be hearing from three models working today -- Josephine Jones, Jordan Charles and Al Ly, asking them about their careers so far and their experiences of working in an industry accustomed to, as he puts it, “cookie cutter ideals of beauty”.

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This week, we discuss how the recent men’s and couture shows redefined the idea of luxury. We ask what’s changed and who’s leading the charge. We hear from fashion writer Osman Ahmed on his thoughts from couture. And we focus in on what John Galliano is doing with Maison Margiela’s “Art-Is-Anal” project – that’s his pronunciation not ours. Today, i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Deputy Editor Felix Petty, i-D Fashion Editor Max Clark and i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter. 

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In this special episode, i-D Fashion Director Alastair McKimm chats to model Paloma Elsesser – the Pat McGrath muse and Fenty Beauty ambassador who graced the cover of i-D’s Radical Issue earlier this year. Together they discuss Paloma’s career so far, as well as their thoughts and feelings on the state of the industry today. 

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As a new exhibition, Print! Tearing It Up, opens its doors at London’s Somerset House, we explore the history and impact of the British independent magazine scene. We chart the evolution of print publications. And we celebrate the current crop of innovative independent magazines out there today. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by Somerset House Senior Curator Claire Catterall, Mushpit magazine’s Bertie Brandes and Sharan Dhaliwal of Burnt Roti.

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As Virgil prepares to present his debut collection as artistic director of Louis Vuitton men’s, we hear from some of the 39-year-old designer’s closest friends and collaborators. We speak to his old college dormmate, restauranter Gabriel Stulman. We hear from Oana Stanescu, the architect behind the designer’s OFF-White stores. And we chat to Benji B, the British DJ and producer in charge of the debut show’s soundtrack. If that wasn’t enough, we’re also joined by the one and only Naomi Campbell – the iconic model and friend of the designer, who discusses what Virgil’s appointment means for luxury fashion and the wider industry as a whole. Hosted by i-D Arts and Culture Editor, Matthew Whitehouse. 

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For the first episode of series 2, we’re celebrating Alexander McQueen. We’re joined by the directors of a new documentary on the late designer, Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui. And we’re charting his rise from working-class boy from the east end to one of the most iconic artists of the century – before his shocking and premature death by suicide in 2010. Fash-On Fash-OFF is hosted by i-D Arts and Culture Editor, Matthew Whitehouse. 

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