In our social media driven world, we're all too often guilty of living for compliments rather than accomplishments. In The Activist Issue of i-D we celebrate Generation Z, the creatives using their platform to promote positive change in the world. We meet the young Londoners who have dedicated their lives to campaigning for a better world, go protesting with the one and only Vivienne Westwood and Skype Pussy Riot, the Russian feminists bravely fighting for equality in their homeland and beyond. "It's not your duty, it's your reality," Nadya and Masha tell i-D. "If you are not thinking about politics, politics will think about you!" It's 30 years since Katherine Hamnett met Margaret Thatcher wearing her infamous '58% Don't Want Pershing' T-shirt, but activism in the fashion industry is still very much alive and kicking. We ask the world's leading designers, including Rick Owens, Olivier Rousteing, Dries Van Noten, 'Can fashion still have a political ambition?' The results will surprise you. The winds of change were certainly afoot during the spring/summer 15 shows.
