“Everyone is giftedbut some people never open their package”

If you are still lacking christmas gifts inspiration maybe check what we developed with our friends at NOWNESS ... 



Gift Wrapped: DVF on Nowness.com.




Gift Wrapped: Alain Ducasse on Nowness.com.

"A WORLD WITHOUT TOMATOES IS LIKE A STRING QUARTET WITHOUT VIOLENES." (Laurie Colwin)

Instead of using this little fuity vegetable exclusively in pasta or salad, include it in your face mask. Many celebrities prefer TOMATOES in this way because of it's well known antioxidant ingredients.

creme NIVEA
masque S.O.S. corp de soleil for shiny skin PAYOT
skin calming washing cream DR. HAUSCHKA
beneficiance nutri perfect pro fortifying softener SHISEIDO

"I NEVER WORRY ABOUT DIETS. THE ONLY CARROTS THAT INTEREST ME ARE THE NUMBER YOU GET IN A DIAMOND." (Mae West)

Like eating carrots putting CARROT OIL on your skin guarantees a sun-kissed-lookalike skin colour. But be sparing - too much of it can make you look like a carrot too.

perfection lumiere CHANEL
carrot oil MEDESIGN
organic nail polish remover USLU AIRLINES

Find more favorite beauty products and grannys advices in our current issue, THE WRONG ISSUE.

"PLEASE DON'T RETOUCH MY WRINKLES. IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO EARN THEM." (Anna Magnani)

Although it sounds disgusting, every grandma knows this little beauty secret: Hemorrhoid ointment from HAMETUM. A lot of women use the cream to fight wrinkles and crow's feet. But you must be careful. The ingredients can make your skin thinner and more damagable.

Find other beauty products and more of grannys hints in our latest issue THE WRONG ISSUE.

"GIVE ME A WOMAN WHO TRULY LOVES BEER, AND I WILL CONQUER THE WORLD." (Wilhelm II of Germany)

Yes we do. Especially in our bathroom.

BEER is not something you would associate with making yourself more beautiful  or healthy but if you use it as a conditioner the brew helps to get shiny-whiny hair.

... and if you are in a rush and your shiny hair needs a little extra-freshness use dry shampoo (it works indeed) as from RENE FURTERER.

"IF LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS STICK THEM DOWN YOUR SHIRT AND MAKE YOUR BOOBS LOOK BIGGER." (Unknown)

... and if there is no lemon in reach you can also avoid plastic surgery by eating around one kilogram NUTS a day. At least some gynecologists may suggest you to do it.

ring Y3
ionic copper body brush MANUFACTUM
perfume (left) oh lala MARC JACOBS
perfume (right) type D HENRIK VIBSKOV

Find more beauty products and granny secrets in our latest issue THE WRONG ISSUE.

TYRA SAYS

Tyra Banks: Strike the Pose on Nowness.com.

We are very happy to announce that Nowness features our Tyra Banks video today.
As we used the latest in high tech to capture Tyra’s amazing moves you will rediscover most of the images from the print story in motion here again.

"I HAVE NEVER LET MY SCHOOLING INTERFERE WITH MY EDUCATION." (Mark Twain) MARIA VON EULER for Molami

 Maria von Euler is perfect. She is ambitious, well educated, smart, self confident, humorous, super stylish and so beautiful. She used to be a successful journalist, worked in the food industry for 10 years and is now starting her new career developing and designing high quality headphones especially for women under a new brand called Molami.
I‘ve never met a woman who gets dressed so quickly and who perfoms so well in front of the camera.

MOLAMI  IS LAUNCHING IN BERLIN
December 1st 2011 from 7 pm to 9 pm
at Departmentstore - Cabinet, Friedrichstraße 71 10117 Berlin

“I LOVE YOU” readers are welcome to join the event.
The only thing you need to do is R.S.V.P. here.

“WE SIMPLY DON'T FEEL YOU REALLY WANT IT” by MAHRET KUPKA

 The boundaries between fashion and art - Considering the intersections is most definetly the best way to describe Mahret Kupka’s work.

The berlin-based freelance writer is well-known for a lot of profound essays about contemporary and essantial themes concerning art and fashion. Furthermore she ran over three years the blog fnart.org and started recently her new blog modekoerper.de. For our MAMA ISSUE she already supported us with a great text.

For our WRONG ISSUE Mahret Kupka analysed a gender discussion which is part of her dissertation which she is working on right now.

Some extracts of her essay:

[...] "The typical girl prefers the color pink, plays with dolls, has a knack for language, loves to communicate and gets poor marks in mathematics, whereas the typical boy likes blue, is comparatively taciturn and prefers to run around outside with his buddies. No, this is nothing new, but one might have hoped that since the women’s movement, these stereotypes would have changed, that today a girl would be able to climb trees without being considered a “tomboy”, but could simply be a girl who would rather climb trees than play with dolls; that the magazine Gala wouldn’t need to quote psychotherapists to certify that the behavior of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, the daughter of Angelina and Brad who prefers sturdy boots, baggy pants and loose shirts with neckties to sundresses and ballet slippers, “is a very healthy activity for a little girl”; that a boy could also enjoy dressing up and playing with dolls without those around him drawing conclusions about his future sexual orientation." [...]

“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother” (Voltaire)

[...] Very superstitious, nothin' more to say,

Very superstitious, the devil's on his way,

Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass,

Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past. [...]

(Stevie Wonder)

Stevie Wonder was singing about what drives us sometimes to insanity.

Superstions: “Sense or nonsense?”

Here are some of our favorites:

"NEVER OFFER SHOES AS A PRESENT TO YOUR BOYFRIEND, HE WILL RUN AWAY."

(sneakers: ADIDAS SLVR)

"SUPERSTITION IS FOOLISH, CHILDISH, PRIMITVE AND IRRATIONAL - BUT HOW MUCH DOES IT COST YOU TO KNOCK ON WOOD?" (Judith Viorst)

Superstition is a belief in a non-physical (i.e., supernatural) causality : that one event causes another without any physical process linking the two events.
Why do we believe that those not linked circumstances will decide our fate?


Touching wood to get or stay lucky, avoiding every black cat that crosses our way. There are tons of mysterious rules people do observe. It makes us feel kind of safe to live by following these individual things. It's a phenomenon. We sometimes hardly believe in the obvious but we do believe in those crazy, little rules thathat affect our


Superstitions have various birthplaces: some are cultural, some are passed on by family members or friends and others.The most funny ones I think–are the ones we invent ourselves, often subconsciously (... )

Actor and writer Gintare Parulyte collected some great examples for our WRONG ISSUE.
 

"NEVER PUT NEW SHOES ON THE TABLE." 

SHOES: MIU MIU

FREEDOM IS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOOSE" (Janis Joplin)

A friend of mine mentioned that she almost set her closet on fire because she was frustrated and couldn't find anything new to wear. What a relief to start over again. I long for this kind of new beginning every time the burden of responsibility fets too heavy. Michael Landy systematically catalogued each one of his more than 7227 personal posessions 2011 in his artwork "Break Down". I came across his work on tv at "ARTE" and I am very pleased we got the chance to talk to him about his work, consumer culture and material means of self-definition...

I LOVE YOU NO.7 THE WRONG ISSUE - OUT NOW

Photo: Marcus Gaab

I LOVE YOU NO.7 THE WRONG ISSUE IS ALMOST DONE...

Photos: Marcus Gaab

"ADAM AND EVE HAD MANY ADVANTAGES, BUT THE PRINCIPAL ONE WAS THAT THEY ESCAPED TEETHING." (Mark Twain)

necklace SWAROVSKI
ring CHOPARD
watch HERMÈS
necklace PRIM BY MICHELLE ELIE
bracelet LANVIN
ring TIFFANY

DIRECTOR: Marcus Gaab
FASHION: Ann-Kathrin Obermeyer
MAKE-UP & HAIR: Catrin Kreyss using Chanel
MODEL: Christiane Bördner
DENTIST: Privatzahnärztliche Praxis Rudolf Zimmermann, Fasanenstr. 42, Berlin
VIDEO EDIT: Klara Plainer

"I TOLD MY DENTIST MY TEETH ARE GOING YELLOW. HE TOLD ME TO WEAR A BROWN TIE." (RODNEY DANGERFIELD)

My favourite dentist allowed us to do a jewellery shoot in his treatment room and have her assistant to get my teeth polished. And no, jewellery isn't something they usually wear during sessions.

See the result in I love you No. 7 "THE WRONG ISSUE" - out soon!


PHOTOS: Marcus Gaab
FASHION: Ann-Kathrin Obermeyer
MAKE-UP & HAIR: Catrin Kreyss using Chanel
MODEL: Christiane Bördner
DENTIST: Privatzahnärztliche Praxis Rudolf Zimmermann, Fasanenstr. 42, Berlin
VIDEO EDIT: Klara Plainer

"EVEN THOUGH I WAS ON THE COVER OF MAGAZINES, IT FELT LIKE I WAS LIVING THE WRONG LIFE.” (TYRA BANKS)

We are very exited to present the new cover of I LOVE YOU NO. 7,
"THE WRONG ISSUE" featuring Tyra Banks.

“THE WRONG ISSUE” will be available soon.

COVERSHOOT: MARCUS GAAB
TALENT: TYRA BANKS (IMG MODELS)
FASHION: ANN-KATHRIN OBERMEYER
HAIR: OSCAR JAMES (KBA INC)
MAKE-UP: VALENTE FRAZIER (FIREHOUSEMANAGEMENT) 

coat COSTUME NATIONAL
necklaces FINN JEWELRY 

I LOVE YOU NO. 7, “THE WRONG ISSUE”, COMING OUT SOON!

MAN CANNOT DISCOVER NEW OCEANS UNLESS HE HAS THE COURAGE
TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE SHORE.
(ANDRE GIDE)

It took us a while until we could convince Gebrail Kisa owner of “Fotostudio Babylon” a typical turkish photostudio where mostly armenian would go on special occasions to be photographed. It is located in Kreuzberg which inhabits the biggest turkish community outside Turkey.

We brought the models, the stylist and the hair- and make-up artists the rest was up to him.
So if you get the chance to visit him in Oranienstr.169, 10999 Berlin/Kreuzberg
say hello, he will be pleased to welcome his new fans.

This image is a sneak preview of a great editorial coming out soon.
 

PHOTO: Photostudio Babylon
FASHION: Ann-Kathrin Obermeyer
PRODUCTION: Ufuk Inci
HAIR & MAKE-UP: Miram Jacks (Nina Klein), Catrin Kreyss using Chanel
MODEL: Leila Wagner

jacket BURBERRY
stockings FALKE
necklace SASKIA DIETZ seen at OONA gallery

I LOVE YOU NO. 7, “THE WRONG ISSUE”

“TO DO A GREAT RIGHT YOU NEED TO DO A LITTLE WRONG.”
(WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE)


Thanks to Fotostudio Babylon for this great project. Find the result in our WRONG ISSUE, coming out soon.

Video Edit: Klara Plainer

I LOVE YOU NO.7 THE WRONG ISSUE COMING OUT SOON!

IS WRONG THE NEW RIGHT?



Video Edit: Klara Plainer

I LOVE YOU NO. 6, KIDDY TWISTER

Enjoy our new little film, with an excerpt of our most popular looks of the summer season.
Thanks again to Leica Camera for supporting this project.

I LOVE YOU MAMA, BY MAHRET KUPKA (FNART.ORG)

We are overwhelmed by all the response and feedback we got for the “Mama Issue” so far. Today Mahret Kupka from FNART.ORG posted this great text about  “the second birth”: growing up. I am very sorry it is only in german, if someone is interested in translating it, you are more than welcome. Thank you so much Mahret Kupka you made my day.



I love you, Mama

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Music by Rhonda Vincent (Medals for mothers)

MOTHER'S DAY I LOVE YOU ISSUE NO. 6 “THE MAMA ISSUE” + USLU AIRLINES LIMITED EDITION

We would like to take the Mother’s day as opportunity to say thank you to our moms and to support those women who are in need. Therefore we collaborated with Uslu Airlines and created a limited edition of the new “Mama Issue”.

I LOVE YOU NO.6 + USLU AIRLINES LIMITED EDITION 29,00 Euros
+ 4,50 Euro shipping (germany)
+ 7,00 Euro shipping (world)

With this edition we would like to support the Women's Counselling www.frauenberatung-tara.de.

The limited edition includes our favorite colours of the season:
the “Mama Issue” and nailpolish (LEIB), lipstick (FDF) and lipgloss (KSL) from Uslu Airlines.



It is also available in Berlin in various colours at:
Do you read me, Auguststr. 28
Lil Shop, Brunnenstr. 184
Murkudis, Münzstr. 21
Cabinet 206, Friedrichstrasse. 71

Thanks for your help!

I love you
Christiane

COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US!

FOR YOU, CHARLOTTE!

I LOVE YOU NO. 6, THE MAMA ISSUE OUT NOW

ARTIST: UNKNOWN

I LOVE YOU ISSUE NO. 6, EVA VON PLATEN

“Mother stop calling me”, artwork by Eva von Platen

I LOVE YOU NO. 6, LEELEE SOBIESKI

TALENT: LEELEE SOBIESKI
DIRECTOR: MARCUS GAAB
EDITOR: MATTHIAS SCHELLENBERG
FASHION: SARAH COBB
PRODUCTION: JAMES JOLLY (AFG MANAGEMENT)
MAKE UP: BENJAMIN PUCKEY USING CHANEL (D+V MANAGEMENT)
HAIR: JAMAL HODGES

I LOVE YOU ISSUE NO.6 OUT NOW

MAMA IS PRINTING

PHOTO: MARCUS GAAB 

 PHOTO: NADIA MORO

PHOTO: STEFAN HEINRICHS

FOR THEM

"For Them"

Cologne "For Them" by Libertin Louison from "Technique Indiscrete".
A Cologne made to help Japanese people in times of crisis, a cologne made for the town of Minami Sanriku which disappeared after the Tsumani.
All profits will be donated.

MUMS RECOMMENDATION

recommended by Jeanette Becker, mother.
The mama issue coming out next week.

I LOVE YOU ISSUE AT FVF

The great “Freunde von Freunde” (“friends of friends”) blog, has made a portrait of me and my husband Marcus in our office and appartment. Thanks to Frede and Timi for this opportunity. Sorry it's only in german, but i heard if you open it in “Google Chrome” it might translate automatically.

I LOVE YOU ISSUE NO. 6: THE MAMA ISSUE...

OUT SOON, I PROMISE!

I LOVE YOU ISSUE NO. 6: THE MAMA ISSUE...

...COMING OUT MARCH 2011

VIDEO: “TALES OF A MERE EXISTENCE”