When we ask Boris what place reminds him of his first love, he pauses before saying:
“First love was so long ago I wouldn’t know how to remember it, but a particular place that makes me think of love and feel love is the park and streets around Kastellet, especially in fall.”
There’s something cinematic in that answer — the image of someone walking alone through Kastellet, leaves turning amber, the air filled with that sharp Scandinavian clarity.
You can almost feel the stillness of a city that teaches you to love through silence.
In Copenhagen, love is not shouted; it’s whispered between layers of sweaters, hidden in glances reflected on wet pavements, or the warmth of a borrowed scarf.
Boris’ style mirrors this same psychology — understated yet complex, refined yet human. Each layer he wears isn’t just a choice of fashion, but an emotional code: a message of protection, nostalgia, and quiet sensuality.
“If Copenhagen were a song,” Boris says,
“Right now I feel like it’s Westerberg from the new Blood Orange album.”
It’s a beautiful choice — Dev Hynes’ sound oscillates between melancholy and desire, like a heart that keeps remembering even when it wants to forget. The rhythm of Westerberg mirrors the Copenhagen rhythm — slow, introspective, cool on the outside but burning underneath.
And when he’s asked which film would describe his Copenhagen love story, he smiles slightly before answering:
“Closer by Mike Nichols. The city is so present in all the intricate love stories I’ve felt and been part of. Complicated and complex — just like contemporary love stories.”
That’s where Love Layers of Copenhagen finds its essence: in the complexity of emotion, in the honesty of imperfection. In Boris, the clothes don’t decorate — they reveal. The Martine Rose feels like the courage to be misunderstood; the Jil Sander sweaters are the silence that follows truth; the Margiela sneakers and the UGGs, together, are the reconciliation between strength and softness.
Love in Copenhagen isn’t about grand gestures — it’s about the layers we keep, the ones we choose to show, and the ones that remain hidden beneath.
And perhaps that’s what Boris really wears: not fashion, but feeling.