Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto
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Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto (later Marella Agnelli; born May 4, 1927) is an Italian-American princess who made a small but significant name as a furniture designer and a bigger name as a tastemaker in the New York of the 1950s and 1960s. She was one of Truman Capote's so-called "swans" along with Gloria Guinness, Babe Paley and Slim Keith.
Comparing her to fellow swan Babe Paley, Capote remarked
"If they were both in Tiffany's window, Marella would be more expensive."
Marella Caracciolo was born in Florence to a noble family of Neapolitan origin. In 1953 she married the FIAT magnate Gianni Agnelli. Their son, Edoardo Agnelli, was born the next year.
She often appeared in Vogue and was admitted to the International Best Dressed List in 1963 and later entered its Hall of Fame.
She was portrayed in the 2006 film Infamous by Isabella Rossellini.
