Rick Genest aka Rico The Zombie: Embrace Everything That Is Different

We are in a huge fabric hall. An exposed and obviously uncommon character sits there on a couch. German photographer Nadine Elfenbein will soon continue taking pictures of him. He smokes his cigarette while making little tricks with it. Short inflammations illuminate his face releasing skull fragments. It s a Day of the Dead scenery. We are here with Rick Genest aka Rico the Zombie. Thanks to Nicola Formichetti, Lady Gaga s famous stylist and creative director of fashion label Thierry Mugler, Rick has become a fashion icon and is currently taking of over the scene. Covered with permanent ink in the shape of a living dead he surely is an exceptional appearance in the bright spotlight of the fashion cosmos. But, Rick s way into this business was not the usual one. As a teenager Rick got d br, br,