Ave Maria

In dresses and desert boots fit for Santa Fe, Italian model Mariacarla Boscono embodies a modern-day Georgia O’Keeffe

- Alison Syrett

If model Mariacarla Boscono ever wants to change careers, she would make a great spokesperson for Rome. “It’s a paradise,” she says of her native city, where she and her 5-year-old daughter, Marialucas, have been living for the past three years. “When you go out to dinner, no one is looking at their phones. Going home has helped me reconnect with engaged conversation and good food—I’ve put on a bit of weight but have never been happier.”