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Raf Simons Is on the Summer 2012 Cover of i-D Magazine

Newly appointed Dior couturier Raf Simons will grace the cover of i-D magazine's Summer 2012 issue.

Newly appointed Dior couturier Raf Simons will grace the cover of i-D magazine's Summer 2012 issue. The cover photo, lensed by Willy Vanderperre, features Simons breaking through a wall of black and white flowers wearing clothing from his eponymous menswear label, styled by Olivier Rizzo. The one cover line of the "Lights, Camera, Action"-themed issue reads, "It's Show Time! Starring Raf Simons." An online teaser for the issue promises a story written by i-D contributor Holly Shackleton. The issue is available for preorder on May 7 and hits newsstands on May 10.

Photo courtesy of i-D magazine.

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Which Spring i-D Cover Is Most Fab?

We've been talking a lot about Spring, but let's let someone else do the talking for a sec.

We've been talking a lot about Spring, but let's let someone else do the talking for a sec. i-D magazine has released its Spring-tastic multiple covers, letting models Sasha Pivovarova, Natalia Vodianova, and Freja Beha Erichsen work their winking magic. Though I prefer the classic eye wink, as opposed to the hair-cover-up-wink, Freja is pretty irresistible in her head-on bouffant wink. And Natalia is too cute and fresh faced. Sasha — out of this world. Three different stylish scenarios, which beauty tickles your fancy?

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>> INSIDER WIRE —Quickly gaining editorial clout — Mark Fast, the 28-year-old London-based knitwear designer whose web-like knit dresses covered a pregnant Elena Perminova (wife to the owner of the Evening Standard) in the May 2009 British Vogue and Sigrid Agren in the June/July 2009 issue of i-D.  He uses a machine bought at a charity sale, wants to work with Raquel Zimmermann — "she is a dream" — and hopes to make it to Paris.

>> INSIDER WIRE —Quickly gaining editorial clout — Mark Fast, the 28-year-old London-based knitwear designer whose web-like knit dresses covered a pregnant Elena Perminova (wife to the owner of the Evening Standard) in the May 2009 British Vogue and Sigrid Agren in the June/July 2009 issue of i-D.  He uses a machine bought at a charity sale, wants to work with Raquel Zimmermann — "she is a dream" — and hopes to make it to Paris.