Virginia Oldoini—known better to history as the Countess of Castiglione—was mad, bad, and dangerous to know. The Italian aristocrat’s legendary beauty and photographic misadventures turned her into the world’s first model, but that’s not what...
My dad dated a stupid girl, and one night at a movie, she outdid herself. As the credits roll, she asks my dad a question so dumb, he’s never forgotten it.