There is something unique about everyone. What’s unique about you? Welcome to i-D’s Individual issue/ Burn the cuttings, bury the rumours, banish the critics. After six years in the spotlight, Stella McCartney seeks a fresh start: ‘It’s alright to fuck up occasionally. But I won’t do it again.’/ Rising above those ‘boyfriend of’ taglines, endless bad hair days and near-inevitable pop purgatory, Justin Timberlake has become something of a phenomenon. An intimate tribute to the man, the music, the body... Hot damn!/ ‘I only do things that make sense.’ Musician, model, photographer, icon: as bassist in Hole, Melissa Auf der Maur represented the yin to Courtney Love’s yang. From there on in she hasn’t made a wrong step/ Pretty on the inside. In an age when an anodyne makeover and no discernable opinion or talent are the preferred ingredients for female stars-in-waiting, i-D champions an alternative vision of beauty. These women accept no compromise and inspire through sheer instinct alone in the fields of music, film, fashion and, well, life. Featuring Kelly Osbourne, Asia Argento, The Donnas, Donna Matthews and Tarryn Manning/ Kate Moss has seen grunge, androgyny and glamour come, go and return again, and somehow managed to be all those things at once. Now she’s got a new role - and this time it isn’t fleeting or ephemeral. Kate Moss: mother. Revealed here in her first photo shoot since the birth of daughter Lila... What’s new, pussycat? Photography by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott/ Fashion photography by Mark Lebon, Elfie Semotan, David Armstrong and more/ Love louder than bombs – when millions of people took to the streets to protest against war, we were there to document it/ Bruce La Bruce – Porn is what separates the men from the boys/ Kim Gordon, the legendary grande dame of grunge/ Todd Haynes searches beyond suburbia and the return of The White Stripes and much, much more...