VIRTUAL CATWALK DOCUMENTARY w/ NICOLA FORMICHETTI

Nicola Formichetti is a visionary and  a multi-talent: Dazed’s former creative director, Lady Gaga’s stylist, designer for Mügler and Vogue Hommes Japan inspiration. He is constantly pushing the boundaries of fashion and reaching new frontiers. Nowhere else is that as obvious as in the documentary below, screened exclusively on Dazed Digital, where we get to follow Formichetti through the process of

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Lady Gaga: Torn This Way

Lady Gaga is not really the word of mouth on Grateful Grapefruit. But it is almost inevitable to not write about (my least favorite word when talking about pop culture) the “hype” around Born This Way – an album that made a name and split the audiences before it’s actual release. It goes without saying, that Lady Gaga is one of

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Lady Gaga – Born This Way [video]

I don’t really know how I feel about Lady Gaga’s new video. It’s done by the amazing Nick Knight, who shot Björk’s Pagan Poetry. Gaga’s video is a mish mash of references and recycled ideas from Superman, through the body modification artist Orlan, Goldfrapp, the Bible as well as the usual suspects – Madonna and Michael Jackson. Oh, she looks

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Rick Genest aka Zombie Boy

When I first saw Nicola Formichetti’s first menswear collection for Thierry Mugler my only thought was – who the F is the skeleton guy? It turned out this has been Formichetti’s muse for the F/W 2011/2012 collection for Mugler. There is not much information on Mr. Genest except that the twenty-something model from Montreal is known more for his skeletal body art

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MUGLER Anatomy Of Change vs. LADY GAGA Born This Way

Dear bearded queens, there is always a new song to move your (im)perfect bodies to and a new trend to die and starve yourselves for. The latest two come from Lady Gaga and her new track BORN THIS WAY (from the album with the same title about to be released in May 2010) featured in the first menswear collection 2011/2012

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