CORRIERA DELLA SERA - Translations

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English Translation Marciano: I am a creator of divas. Paul, the founder and owner of Guess, is opening a boutique in Versilia and is talking to us. "Here, there are elegant but not brazen women; it's the world I want to speak to." He's not just a talent scout, but a creator of stars, to the extent that he even chooses a new name for them. He did this for Anna Nicole Smith, whose real name was Vikie Lynn Hogan, as is explained in the Netflix documentary, "You Don't Know Me," dedicated to the supermodel who died at the age of 39, at the height of her career. "I haven't seen the film yet, but I have a clear memory of Anna Nicole," says Paul Marciano, the creative genius and founder of Guess (along with his brothers), who is on vacation in Forte dei Marmi for the opening of his new mono-brand store, Marciano by Guess, the brand's most exclusive line. Nicole Smith When I met her, she was a waitress She called me "sir," she was beautiful and felt intimidated Born in Morocco in 1952, raised in Marseille and a naturalized American, Marciano is both an entrepreneur, philanthropist and the creator of a brand and a series of advertising campaigns with women he has chosen and promoted as stars. "Anna Nicole Smith was a waitress from San Antonio, Texas. I met her in a toy store; she was with her son, Daniel. I asked her who that child was: 'My son, sir.' She always said 'sir,' she was beautiful and intimidated by what seemed like a world bigger than she was. 'Call me Paul,' I would say. And she replied, 'All right, sir,' even when I suggested she change her name. In time, I taught her to say ‘no’, I wanted her to be strict." As a guest of the Bocelli family in their new residence, Villa Alpebella, where he presented a preview of the fall-winter collection, Marciano this time merges his international DNA with Italian glamour, choosing Versilia as the place to tell his story. "We are in one of the most refined places, with elegant but not brazen women, men wearing sweaters on their shoulders: the world I want to speak to is made up of people with charisma." This feature is shared by all the women he has chosen over the past 30 years. A gallery of images from 1981 to today, from a sixteen-year-old Carla Bruni to Claudia Schiffer, Valeria Mazza, Carrè Otis, Eva Herzigova and finally his latest muse, Georgina Rodriguez, chosen because she is "talented, capable, a mother, a wife but not in the traditional sense: for Ronaldo, she is a partner, in life and work." A style of woman that is also a way of dressing. "People who wear Marciano have strength, independence and a strong character. My women have often made their own way and


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