My good friend Gunifort who works at bookstore MENDO in Amsterdam, is the man who hooks me up with the most amazing books I have ever read. I love books and MENDO has such an amazing atmosphere.

Last week I visited the bookstore and I bought this ‘winking’ cover book for only 30 Euros. One eye open. One eye hidden. Wink! The blink of a shutter. The right eye is the right eye. Terry Jones, founder and creative director of i-D, the cutting-edge UK style magazine launched in 1980, spends an unusual amount of time thinking about how to make people famous, mainly beautiful young women, LOL. The first issue of I-D Magazine in 1980 consisted of 40 pages, clamped together with three staples and cost 50p. Only 50 issues were sold. “The idea was to break down the pigeon-holing of identity and fashion; to go beyond the façade of fashion so you could play it as a game. So you could have more fun with the codes of fashion.” Terry Jones. After 30 years of innovation and experimentation in the field of magazine journalism, i-D magazine has seen its trademark ‘winking’ covers used successfully all over the world. Throughout the years, the British magazine has been dedicated to fashion, music, art and youth culture, and now the memorable covers of this seminal magazine are all gathered in ‘i-D Covers – 1980-2010′ and published by Taschen. This book is a celebration of 30 hard working years at the forefront of international fashion and lifestyle publishing, and not only features all of the iconic covers to date – but also the best stories behind the making of the images. So, to all you hipsters out there who love to make street style pictures. This is the place where street style photography started.

From i-D’s humble beginnings as a stapled fanzine to the iconic Nick Knight 30th anniversary portraits of Lady Gaga, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell that grace i-D today, the book reprints each and every cover in this 320 paged collectable. It is an amazing read!