THE ISSUE Every attempt to improve myself shows me what else is still missing. The solution seems easy: Just find another routine to fix it.
Self-optimization is sold as the cure-all for our times, from the inside to the outside.
„Everything becomes a religion; everything’s a ‚game-changer‘,“ I LOVE YOU contributor und culture journalist Şeyda Kurt writes in one of the issue’s essays.
A conversation about beauty, wellness & health
„Truth is obligatory in a world of ambiguity – even if it’s just about how much water one should be drinking.“
But if beauty, skincare, wellness and health routines constitute the journey, then what’s the destination?
I LOVE YOU’s Be Your Most Amazing Self issue on. 11 sparks a dialogue about hope, hype, adaptation and rebellion.
Read the full epaper here.
Founder & Editor in Chief: Christiane Bördner, Creative Director: Alina Larissa Schmid, Editorial Director: Lia Haubner, Deputy Editor: Ben Sharp, Visual Editor: Julia Rosenstock, Graphic Design: Dominik Gauly & Idan Sher, Transcreation: Elisabeth Kochan
I LOVE YOU is a project of The Gaabs.
Writers: Esra Ayari, Yasmina Banaszczuk, Saskia Gerhard, Melissa Graber, Elaine Kingett, Dr. Mahret Ifeoma Kupka, Şeyda Kurt, Lisa Niven-Phillips, Yasmin Polat
Photographers: Maximilian Attila Bartsch, Johannes Bauer, Tom Blesch, Alexander Coggin, Gaël Corboz, Marie Dommenget, Caroline Fayette, Marcus Gaab, Serafin Gerber, Bastien Gomez, Nora Heinisch, Heather Reese (Her_Imagery), Joseph Kadow, Spela Kasal, Alexander Kilian, Philipp Ries (Loopinglovers), Moritz Tibes, Lotte Van Raalte, Maximilian Stürmer