Esquire magazine

As i-D celebrates its 35th birthday with 18 covers by Alasdair McLellan - and as Caitlyn Jenner breaks the internet with her Vanity Fair cover - we decided to look back at other covers that have shocked, inspired, pleased and sparked debate. From Vogue...

h2. After seven years as Creative Director of _British Esquire_, David Mckendrick is off to set up a new venture with _Wallpaper*_ art director Lee Belcher. As his final issue hits the newsstands, David reflected on his time at one of the UK's leading magazines and picked out a selection of his favourite covers...

Throughout the '60s, Esquire's creative genius not only created covers with iconic images but ones that also made powerful (sometimes controversial) social statements.

Take a look back through more than 80 years of unforgettable images.

“The Face of a Hero”Lois created a composite image of the leading four heroes to American college students at the time: Bob Dylan, Malcolm X, John F. Kennedy, and Fidel Castro. Their faces were all joined together by the crosshairs of a rifle sight.

Esquire magazine, long the man’s bible, looks to chart a new course in an era of transgender bathrooms and pink hats.

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“How I Taught Nixon to Use Make-Up and Become President”For Lois, the cover was a commentary on Nixon’s evolution as a politician: He was TV-ready (a different Nixon than the one who debated JFK in 1960).

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Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino and stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo Dicaprio take the cover story of American Esquire Magazine's Summer 2019 edition captured by fashion photographer Alexi Lubomirski. In