i-D Magazine - 375 “The Beta Issue” - Olivier Rousteing Cover

Overview

Welcome to i-D’s Beta Issue, a tribute to Generation Beta—the kids born in 2025—and to anyone, of any age, who exists beyond the limits of their time.

In this issue, Olivier Rousteing opens up to i-D’s deputy editor Alex Kessler about his ascent to the top of fashion and the life lessons learned along the way. In honor of his 40th birthday, Rousteing offers an earnest portrait to photographer Francesco Nazardo, sharing reflections on searching for his birth mother, surviving a harrowing accident, and celebrating the future through a new collaboration with Johnnie Walker.

The issue brings together cover stars born in 2025, 1994, and 1981, alongside talent spanning Boomers to babies, painting a comprehensive picture of life in 2025. Readers will drop in with a Gen Z skater, experience reinvention through a Gen X It Girl, and trace roots with a Millennial musician redefining fame. Community thrives in Tribeca lofts and Californian ranches, freedom unfolds in Pattaya pageants and Hackney art studios, and mischief brews at the Chateau Marmont and within the grand maisons of Paris, where a new generation of designers continues to reimagine fashion.

Also insi-De: Bad Bunny in Puerto Rico, a tribute to 20 years of Telfar, Gregg Araki’s hot new film, Phoebe Gates’ secrets to success, the world’s most famous dog, tips for LinkedIn, Creepy Chan, and much more.

Photography by Francesco Nazardo.