Sunday, April 10, 2011

STYLISH SKELETON

I am really fascinated with Rick Genest at the moment. This homeless guy turned model is a classic tale of rags to riches. 'Zombie Boy' or 'Rico' as he is known to Montrealers once was a member of the circus and owed 20,000 canadian dollars to the city of Montreal in fines. Genest was approached by creative director of the Mugler fashion house, Nicola Formichetti and asked to come to New York. Initially having no passport and owing thousands of dollars to the city of Montreal Genest was apprehensive about the proposition, thankfully Formichetti was able to pull some strings and ever since Rick Genest has risen to stardom. Aside from now taking pride of place on Thierry Mugler runways, Rick Genest also appeared in Lady GAGA's video for 'Born this way'. This guy is definetly one to watch!


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