Mariacarla Boscono on the Magic of Italian Heritage, "Drama Queen" Beauty and Selling Dreams

Mariacarla Boscono is a self described "drama queen," but in the high stakes world of European fashion, she is more accurately a shapeshifter. Since she was first discovered in Rome at thirteen, she has treated her own image as a medium rather than a destination. "I always feel like I am a project in the hands of artists," she explains while reflecting on a career that has outlasted the very trends she helped ignite. "And I love the idea of [creating] a character."Despite...