| ZOMBIE BOY VOV |   |
We all have prejudices. When seeing someone on the street or meeting new people we immediately judge them by their appearance and their looks.
When we first heard we will be meeting and speaking with Rick Genest, a guy better known as Zombie Boy, these alleged preconceptions immediately kicked in: covered in tattoos + piercings + dressed fully in black and leather = trouble-maker, party animal, loud, etc.
But what we experienced was quite the opposite. Rick achieved world fame as the face of fashion house Thierry Mugler, where he was discovered by no other than creative director Nicola Formichetti. Shortly after, he became the muse in Lady Gaga’s video “Born this way” and since then evolved to everybody’s darling in the creative industry.
When Rick first stepped into MADE, he was rather shy, didn’t talk much, but was always polite and friendly. After a while he opened up more and more and got excited to tell us his story, and we realized that he’s just normal guy - enthusiastic about life and thrilled to see the world – just like us.
Well, almost…of course, he was weird, and he did his best to appear that way.
Enjoy the VOV.
[...] MADE continues with their Visions of Visionaries video series, this time around featuring Rick Genest aka Zombie Boy. ZB covers a range of topics including his fondness for side show, how he came to working with Thierry Mugler, unfulfilled dreams and other topics. Be sure to give it a watch! [...]
Comment from Visions of Visionaries – Zombie Boy - Wastechester, April 6th, 2012 at 13:56[...] MADE continues with their Visions of Visionaries video series, this time around featuring Rick Genest aka Zombie Boy. ZB covers a range of topics including his fondness for side show, how he came to working with Thierry Mugler, unfulfilled dreams and other topics. Be sure to give it a watch! [...]
Comment from The Urban Word, April 8th, 2012 at 12:22[...] MADE continua com sua série “Visions of Visionaires” e desta vez entrevista Rick Genest, [...]
Comment from Visions of Visionaires – ZOMBIE BOY « Juliana Jabour, April 11th, 2012 at 20:55