There's a flood of rich-hippie fashion coming down the pike for Spring '02 and there is no girl on the map more authentically and effortlessly rich-hippie than DNA's Italian sensation Mariacarla Boscono. One of the most wanted girls of the moment, Mariacarla is certainly racking up those frequent flyer miles as she ricochets from the set of the Dior, Chanel and Marc Jacobs campaigns as well as her shoots for The Fashion with Mikael Janssen, Numero with Nathaniel Goldberg, Italian Vogue with Steven Meisel and Enrique Badulescu and Harpers Bazaar with Patrick Demarchelier. Draped in a fetching mix of designer pieces and her Mom's bonafide 70's vintage togs the red hot Mariacarla catches up with MDC. We had the customary questions but that Mariacarla, she's so good at speaking for herself, we just gave her free reign.

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