You know when you read about someone (like, say, Diana Vreeland or Diane von Fürstenberg) and think to yourself, “Wow, what a life“" Marisa Berenson is one of those people. Born in 1947 to a family that included not just iconic fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, her maternal grandmother, but also aristocrats, psychics, artists, astronomers, and generally fascinating people, Berenson was one of the highest-paid models by the early ’60s and a Vogue cover girl by 1970. She was a regular in the magazine from then on, but she was just as well-known in the New York City social scene. Yves Saint ...
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