Mariacarla Boscono Explained

Mariacarla Boscono
Birth Name:Mariacarla Boscono
Birth Date:1980 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Haircolor:Black
Eyecolor:Brown
Agency:Women Management (worldwide)[1]

Mariacarla Boscono (pronounced as /it/;[2] born 20 September 1980) is an Italian fashion model and actress. Rising to fame in the early 2000s, Boscono has walked the runways of major worldwide fashion weeks and festivals, including Milan Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week, the Met Gala and Venice Film Festival. In 2005, over a two-week period, she walked more than seventy runways in three different cities (Milan, New York City, Paris), establishing a world record.[3]

Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s, and in 2005 she earned an estimated $3,500,000 in one year, earning her a spot on Forbes list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels .[4] Models.com has ranked Boscono on their Icons List, a ranking of the twenty supermodels considered icons in the fashion industry.[5]

Boscono has worked with the most recognized fashion brands and become a favorite of famous designers such as the late Karl Lagerfeld and Riccardo Tisci.[6] [7] She has posed for major fashion magazines, having been photographed by Juergen Teller, Steven Meisel, Tim Walker, Peter Lindbergh, Peter Beard and Mert and Marcus. Boscono has also worked with other top models such as Natalia Vodianova, Caroline Trentini, Karlie Kloss, Naomi Campbell, and Joan Smalls.[8]

Boscono made her theatrical debut in 2006 in New York City with the play The Maids by Jean Genet and between 2010 and 2011 in Imogen Kusch's plays Shakespeare's Women, The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline.[9]

She has worked with world-renowned fashion brands such as Chanel, Blumarine, Moschino, Etro, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Escada, Marc Jacobs, DKNY, Diesel, Roberto Cavalli, Alberta Ferretti, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Barneys New York, NARS Cosmetics, H&M, John Galliano, Hermes, Lanvin, Loewe, Prada, Pucci, Missoni, Laura Biagiotti and Salvatore Ferragamo.

Modeling career

Boscono was discovered at the age of 15 by model agent Piero Piazzi, who signed her to the Ricardo Gay agency in Milan.[10] Aged 17, she flew to New York City and signed with DNA Model Management. Her first runways were in 1997 for Laura Biagiotti and Alberta Ferretti, continuing in the late 1990s for Italian and international stylists like Gai Mattiolo, Rocco Barocco, Fausto Sarli, Paul Smith, Issey Miyake, Vivienne Westwood, Guy Laroche. Boscono was noted by Karl Lagerfeld, becoming one of the favourite models of the stylist.[11] [12] It did not take long for Boscono to rise as an internationally known model, being featured on the cover of Vogue several times and walking in many high fashion runway shows of the first years of 00s for Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Gianfranco Ferré, Alessandro Dell'Acqua Michael Kors and Alberta Ferretti.[13] [14] [15]

During the 2005 fashion season, Boscono walked in over seventy fashion shows between New York City, Milan and Paris.[16] She was named spokesperson for H&M in 2005, replacing Kate Moss,[17] and during 2006's Fall Fashion Week she traded in her long dark locks for a short platinum blonde hairstyle reminiscent of Jean Seberg.[18] Boscono was absent from the runways for both the Fall/Winter 2007 and Spring/Summer 2007 seasons., Boscono made her return to the runways in Paris at the Fall/Winter 2008 Couture collection for Dior and she was the sole face of Emilio Pucci, Hermès, John Galliano, and Moschino ad campaigns and walked for brands like Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and Jean Paul Gaultier.[19] In November 2008, she signed a contract for the new Moschino's fragrance "Glamour", photographed by Patrick Demarchelier and she becomes the new face of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2009 advertising campaign with Brazilian model Caroline Trentini and American model Karlie Kloss. She posed in Africa for the 2009 Pirelli Calendar by Peter Beard. In 2009, she became the face of Dolce & Gabbana and Givenchy Spring/Summer 2009 ad campaigns. She was the face of the Fall/Winter 2009 Salvatore Ferragamo, Gianfranco Ferré and Dolce & Gabbana ad campaigns.

In 2011, she was photographed by Steven Meisel for Prada's spring collection and returned to fashion shows for Roberto Cavalli.[20] [21] In the same year she became the testimonial of Givenchy's "Dahlia Noir" perfume.[22] Boscono was also invited with Riccardo Tisci at Met Gala. In 2012 she is called for Missoni's spring campaign,[23] while in 2013 she walked in Armani,[24] Alberta Ferretti and Dior's runways.[25] [26] From 2014 to 2015 she became the new model for Salvatore Ferragamo and came back to Alberta Ferretti's runway. In 2014 she was photographed by Mert and Marcus for spring session by Armani.[27]

In 2016 Boscono is hired for the Fall/Winter collection for Chanel,[28] Mugler and spring campaign of Stella McCartney,[29] La Perla[30] and Redken.[31] In 2017 she becomes the face of Bottega Veneta, Vera Wang and Oscar de la Renta's Fall/Winter campaigns.[32] In 2018 she appeared in Equipment collection,[33] Ermanno Scervino winter collection photographed by Peter Lindbergh, and the new luxury collection by Marc Jacobs.[34] [35] In 2019 Paris Fashion Week she walks on chat-way for Valentino and she was the guest model for Karl LagerfeldxLuisaViaRoma's for the 90° anniversary of the boutique.[36] [37] Boscono mada a campaign for Burberry in Korea and participated at Met Gala.[38] [39] In 2020 she is the new face for Zara's summer collection,[40] the model for Daniel Lee's collection for Bottega Veneta,[41] she walks the runway of Tod's, Versace, Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tom Ford Fall/Winter collections. Boscono walked also Valentino's runway and posed for his spring campaign by Juergen Teller.[42]

Theatre career

On 18 May 2006, Boscono made her theater debut as Solange in Jean Genet's The Maids at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. Margherita Missoni played the role of her sister.[43] [44] In 2010 she played the role of Florizer in Imogen Kusch's Shakespeare's Women at Colosseum in Rome,[45] while in 2011 she acted in The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline, both by Imogen Kusch.[46] [47]

Personal life

In August 2012, Mariacarla announced the birth of her daughter.[48] She is a single mother.[49]

From 2019 to July 2020 she was linked romantically to Italian-Tunisian rapper Ghali to whom the song "Barcellona" he dedicated.[50] [51]

Agencies

Clothing brands and magazine covers

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono – Model.
  2. Web site: Come si pronuncia Mariacarla Boscono. comesipronuncia.it. it. 23 September 2018.
  3. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono – Record.
  4. http://www.vogue.fr/mode/en_vogue/091218-les-mannequins-des-annees-2000.aspx Les 30 Mannequins des Années 2000
  5. http://models.com/models/mariacarla-boscono Mariacarla Boscono – Models.com
  6. Web site: Met Gala 2019: Mariacarla Boscono incarna il Camp indossando Burberry. Vogue Italia. 7 May 2019. it-IT. 19 March 2020.
  7. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono – Vogue.it. www.vogue.it. it. 19 March 2020.
  8. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono festeggia 20 anni di carriera. Villa. Martina. 5 October 2017. iO Donna. it-IT. 19 March 2020.
  9. Web site: The Style Post: Mariacarla Boscono, "I'm all for Shakespeare '. G. Ernesto. 19 February 2011. The Style Post. 19 March 2020.
  10. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono compie 40 anni: Sempre al top in passerella (Come lei solo Naomi). 20 September 2020.
  11. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono festeggia 20 anni di carriera. Villa. Martina. 5 October 2017. iO Donna. it-IT. 19 March 2020.
  12. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono – Vogue.it. www.vogue.it. it. 19 March 2020.
  13. Web site: Armani Exchange F/W 2001 (Armani Exchange). MODELS.com. 19 March 2020.
  14. Web site: Modelle Italiane,: Escada Spring 2003: Mariacarla, Karen and Liya by Steven Meisel. Milena. 15 April 2012. Modelle Italiane. 19 March 2020.
  15. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono attends Michael Kors fashion show at the tents.... Getty Images. it. 19 March 2020.
  16. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono: dalla conquista delle passerelle, alla storia con Ghali. 5 February 2020. Donna Glamour. it-IT. 18 March 2020.
  17. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono – Vogue.it. www.vogue.it. it. 19 March 2020.
  18. Web site: Modello Mariacarla Boscono molto breve capelli biondi indossa oro minidress sequinned slash il collo e la prua su un lato le paillettes Foto & Immagine Stock: 43820434. Limited. Alamy. Alamy. it. 19 March 2020.
  19. Web site: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2009: la campagna. Excite. 18 March 2020.
  20. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono X Roberto Cavalli Inverno 2012 – La Campagna. Paperblog. it. 19 March 2020.
  21. Web site: Italian Style in Kuwait Mariacarla Boscono by Steven Meisel. en-US. 19 March 2020.
  22. Web site: Givenchy Dahlia Noir: il nuovo profumo haute couture – Grazia.it. 3 September 2012. Grazia. it-IT. 19 March 2020.
  23. Web site: ♥♥♥ Mariacarla Boscono for Missoni Spring 2012 full Ad Campaign by Juergen Teller. en. 19 March 2020.
  24. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono nella nuova campagna Giorgio Armani. IT. FashionNetwork com. FashionNetwork.com. it. 19 March 2020.
  25. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono per Alberta Ferretti. 9 July 2013. Fashion Times. 19 March 2020.
  26. Web site: Dior presenta la nuova collezione autunno-inverno 2013–2014. 26 July 2013. Fashionblog.it. 19 March 2020.
  27. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono nella nuova campagna Giorgio Armani. IT. FashionNetwork com. FashionNetwork.com. it. 19 March 2020.
  28. Web site: PRE-COLLEZIONE AUTUNNO-INVERNO 2016/17. CHANEL. CHANEL. it. 18 March 2020.
  29. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono new entry per Stella McCartney. www.ilgazzettino.it. 29 February 2016. it. 18 March 2020.
  30. Web site: LA PERLA S/S 2016 – Mariacarla Boscono and Natasha Poly by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott. 6 January 2016. Fashion Editorials. en-US. 18 March 2020.
  31. Web site: Redken Taps Mariacarla Boscono. Weil. Jennifer. 3 February 2016. WWD. en. 18 March 2020.
  32. Web site: Oscar de la Renta: sarà Mariacarla Boscono il volto della campagna autunno inverno 2017–2018. 24 August 2017. iWebRadio – Emozioni Senza Confini !!!. it-IT. 18 March 2020.
  33. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono è protagonista della campagna 2018 di Equipment. Chimera. Patrizia. 27 February 2018. Voilà Magazine. it-IT. 18 March 2020.
  34. Web site: Ermanno Scervino, profumo di donna tra Mariacarla Boscono, Cara Delevingne e Brigitte Macron. 6 September 2017. Corriere della Sera. it. 18 March 2020.
  35. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono, la top model magnetica che ama il no-underwear e la perdita di controllo. Adorno. Di Mary. 8 January 2019. Cosmopolitan. it-IT. 18 March 2020.
  36. Web site: LuisaViaRoma: la sfilata-evento per i 90 anni della boutique Foto 86. Amica. 19 March 2020.
  37. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono Photos Photos: Valentino : Runway – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2019/2020. Zimbio. en. 18 March 2020.
  38. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono Charms in Burberry for Vogue Korea. 28 January 2019. Fashion Gone Rogue. en-US. 19 March 2020.
  39. Web site: Met Gala 2019: Mariacarla Boscono incarna il Camp indossando Burberry. Vogue Italia. 7 May 2019. it-IT. 19 March 2020.
  40. Web site: Zara: Mariacarla Boscono testimonial della knitwear primavera estate 2020. Vogue Italia. 6 February 2020. it-IT. 18 March 2020.
  41. Web site: Daniel Lee's collection 2020.
  42. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono Photos Photos: Tod's – Runway – Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2020–2021. Zimbio. en. 18 March 2020.
  43. The Daily Mini. Krentcil. Faran. Maid of Honor. July 2006.
  44. Web site: Model Profile – Mariacarla Boscono. New York Magazine. 23 August 2014.
  45. Web site: Mariacarla Boscono – Vogue.it. www.vogue.it. it. 19 March 2020.
  46. Web site: King Cymbeline – Klesidra. it-IT. 19 March 2020.
  47. Web site: The Style Post: Mariacarla Boscono, "I'm all for Shakespeare '. G. Ernesto. 19 February 2011. The Style Post. 19 March 2020.
  48. Alex Rees, And Just Like That, Mariacarla Boscono Gave Birth", New York Magazine, August 2012
  49. Faran Krentcil, "Mariacarla Boscono on Modeling, Motherhood and Mac n' Cheese", Elle, December 2015
  50. Web site: Ghali: "Fino all'anno scorso dormivo con mamma. Mariacarla? Mi ama anche se la carriera finisce". Proietti. Andrea Laffranchi e Michela. 14 February 2020. Corriere della Sera. it. 18 March 2020.
  51. Web site: Barcellona è il nuovo singolo di Ghali da DNA, la prima canzone d'amore del rapper (Audio e testo). 7 September 2020.
  52. http://www.womenmanagement.fr/model/2563/mariacarla-boscono/''Women Paris
  53. Web site: Coccinelle va online con la top Mariacarla Boscono per la collezione P/E. www.dailyonline.it. it. 18 March 2020.

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