Marella Agnelli

Marella Agnelli and Marella Caracciolo Chia

A New York Times Best Seller!

"There is good taste and then, in a stratosphere all its own, there is Agnelli taste, as Marella Agnelli: The Last Swan proves so abundantly. This breathtaking tome, written by Agnelli and her niece Marella Caracciolo Chia, charts the life of the goddess of style... Vogue

"Peel off the handsome paper dustjacket to reveal the gleaming crimson silk and gold embossed binding of this glorious book and it is clear this is a lavish production and an intelligent and superbly produced and edited one. This is, however, a very personal book full of private houses, private apartments, gardens, family life, family snapshots, and some of the prettiest wedding photography. With interiors in over many decades this is a heady delight. The key is that it was produced and edited by Marella Agnelli herself, along with her adoring niece. Beautiful. The Style Saloniste

The world has been waiting on this book forever, a definitive design guide on the world of Marella Agnelli and the homes she s created for her family. Tabulous Design

Marella Agnelli: The Last Swan...Portraits by Irving Penn, Horst, and Richard Avedon detail the charmed life of one of the twentieth century s true beauties. Elle
 
explores the life of a social grand dame and the life and homes she inhabits. But this is no ordinary book. This one is written by the subject herself we get a first person account. In Marella Agnelli: The Last Swan, the Italian aristocrat and original member of the jet set, opens up her rarefied world to readers. It is a lavish tome that is part auto-biographical, part coffee table book coupled with historical details and a smattering of boldfaced names. Reading through the book or just flipping through the photographs is like going through someone s family album and scrapbooks. There in its pages are vivid recollections of significant moments in life, snapshots of holidays at home and abroad, and wedding photographs. The book is