"When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him" is the title of this editorial by Nicola Formichetti featuring living work-of-art Rick Genest in Thierry Mugler shot by Karim Sadli for the current issue of the British GQ Style.
Rick Genest is from Montréal, Canada. He is 25. He listens to death metal, grindcore, speed metal -anything that's fast, hard and ear-shredding. He wears only boots and pants. Every bit of exposed skin is tattooed. With the ritual of head-shaving just completed, the inked brains, veins and bone etched on his skin have crystal clarity. Why the skeleton ? "It's just my story", he says in his French-Canadian accent. "A good 80% of my body is tattooed. I'm going all the way. It's all one tattoo, one memory, one idea, one homage". And the bugs ? "They're my friends. I have over 100 bugs tattooed on my body. It comes from the decomposing cadaver. Bugs eat the dead". Rick Genest wants to be in the big league in freak shows and, one day maybe, perform at Coney Island.
As the newly appointed creative director of Thierry Mugler, Nicola Formichetti is the center of gravity for Romain Kremer and Sébastien Peigné who design the newly relaunched menswear and womenswear respectively. Nicola Formichetti is acknowledged as one of the biggest stylists in the business. He's also fashion director for Lady Gaga, Vogue Hommes Japan and Uniqlo. A decade ago, at 22, he was a buyer for London avant-fashion store The Pineal Eye, where he championed cutting-edge designers such as Bernhard Willhelm, Ann Sofie Back or Jeremy Scott.
Nicola Formichetti found Rick Genest on Facebook. The designer of the new Mugler logo knew him from Montréal, so he messaged him via Facebook. The inked boy, it turned out, didn't own a passport and so the Mugler team, along with the collection, flew to him. The rest is history.
Rick Genest is from Montréal, Canada. He is 25. He listens to death metal, grindcore, speed metal -anything that's fast, hard and ear-shredding. He wears only boots and pants. Every bit of exposed skin is tattooed. With the ritual of head-shaving just completed, the inked brains, veins and bone etched on his skin have crystal clarity. Why the skeleton ? "It's just my story", he says in his French-Canadian accent. "A good 80% of my body is tattooed. I'm going all the way. It's all one tattoo, one memory, one idea, one homage". And the bugs ? "They're my friends. I have over 100 bugs tattooed on my body. It comes from the decomposing cadaver. Bugs eat the dead". Rick Genest wants to be in the big league in freak shows and, one day maybe, perform at Coney Island.
As the newly appointed creative director of Thierry Mugler, Nicola Formichetti is the center of gravity for Romain Kremer and Sébastien Peigné who design the newly relaunched menswear and womenswear respectively. Nicola Formichetti is acknowledged as one of the biggest stylists in the business. He's also fashion director for Lady Gaga, Vogue Hommes Japan and Uniqlo. A decade ago, at 22, he was a buyer for London avant-fashion store The Pineal Eye, where he championed cutting-edge designers such as Bernhard Willhelm, Ann Sofie Back or Jeremy Scott.
Nicola Formichetti found Rick Genest on Facebook. The designer of the new Mugler logo knew him from Montréal, so he messaged him via Facebook. The inked boy, it turned out, didn't own a passport and so the Mugler team, along with the collection, flew to him. The rest is history.
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