Den seneste uge har der på nettet cirkuleret adskillige historier om Rick Genest bedre kendt som Zombie Boy. Efter Nicola Formichetti, der er kreativ direktør ved Thierry Mugler, opstøvede og udnævnte Zombie Boy til sin nye muse og gjorde ham til Muglers nye ansigt, har opmærksomheden om den overtatoverede Rick Genest været enorm.
Nicola Formichetti fortæller i et interview med Hint Magazine, hvordan han fandt Rick Genest efter at have haft et billede af ham på sin væg gennem længere tid. I starten troede han, at det var make-up, Rick Genest havde i hovedet. Men efter et besøg hos sin tatovør, som udmærket kendte til Rick Genest og kunne bekræfte, at hans skull-tatovering var ægte, blev Nicola Formechetti så nysgerrig, at han fandt Rick Genest via Facebook og derefter blev de to venner.
På næste side kan du læse et uddrag af Hint Magazines interview med Nicola Formichetti og se en video med Rick Genest aka Zombie Boy.
Hint Magazine: How did you find Rick Genest?
Nicola Formichetti: I found Rico on Facebook.
You stumbled across his profile?
I had his picture on my wall forever. I saw it one day on Google. I thought it was amazing Halloween make-up done by Peter Philips or something. I mean, I've done so many shoots with skull make-up. And then, in October I got my first tattoo, a triangle with a circle inside, an ancient Japanese symbol meaning centeredness. And the tattoo artist who did it, my friend Maxime, who has this tattoo magazine called Sang Bleu, saw that picture and said, "Oh yeah, that guy is Zombie Boy. He lives in Montreal.
Læs resten af interviewet her.
So you sought Rico out on Facebook and asked him to model for you?
Yeah, I just wanted him to be the face of whatever we were going to create. At that point the clothes were, you know, proper suits and shirts and very clean. I just needed to have some kind of a twist to it or...
An edge?
Yeah, so after seeing his pictures on Facebook, I just thought he was so inspiring. Just by looking at his pictures I changed the whole collection.
Se videoen med Nico the Zombie her.
