For Monsieur Magazin Germany’s April 2025 issue, Paul Boche returns to the cover spotlight, this time with an editorial that leans into soft rebellion and West Coast-preppy irreverence. Shot by Adriano Russo—his lens once capturing Paul nearly a decade ago for Sportweek—the reunion marks a sharper, moodier chapter.
Paul takes center stage, swathed in coral-pink alpaca, icy nylon, and citrus-hued tailoring that feels more Malibu-meets-Bauhaus than traditional menswear.
Stylist Konstantin Spachis crafts a series of visual paradoxes throughout the spread. Paul wears his contrasts like a second skin: an oversized powder blue shirt atop saffron shorts, or a fitted polo tucked into exaggerated stripes cinched with a belt.
There’s a nod to David Hockney’s palette, but filtered through a late-’70s Berlin outsider’s gaze—more Fassbinder than California pool boy. It’s an editorial that tempers polish with quirks, where pastel becomes power.
Simone Prusso amplifies the attitude with hair that reiterates the editorial’s airbrushed tension—windswept yet deliberate, as if caught mid-thought. There’s a studied chaos to Paul’s tousled crown and barely-there fringe, reminiscent of Helmut Berger in “Ludwig,” yet pushed forward into 2025’s taste for performative ease.
Whether seated in cropped chinos or brooding behind circular frames, Paul Boche performs.
