40 and Fabulous: House Proud
Some lounged on lion rugs; others bought apartments for their wardrobes. To celebrate W’s 40th anniversary, we take a look back at how the rich and fabulous have lived. Click here to purchase *W: The First Forty Years*.
Like all things in the seventies, the stylish couple’s sisal-and-suede Paris apartment had an au naturel appeal.
Back then, Tiger the Dalmatian not only ruled Jacobs’s New York roost but also inspired the designer’s prints for Perry Ellis.
The irrepressible supermodel knew how to heat things up in her Greenwich, Connecticut, home.
It took more than three years for Pitt to complete this stone-and-travertine-marble Hollywood Hills abode, which served as a glorified art studio for him and then wife Jennifer Aniston. “We love to work with clay, draw, and carve pumpkins here,” he said.
Some people get paper for their first wedding anniversary; DVF received this Paris pied-à-terre from husband Barry Diller.
The society couple’s 30,000-square-foot San Francisco mansion—complete with a recording studio and a private Montessori nursery school for their grandchildren—was nicknamed the Embassy.
Just an average day for the exquisite artist: sauntering around her New York apartment in a Valentino blouse and Agent Provocateur briefs.
A Chanel doormat adjoins the Italian fashion plate’s two Milan apartments—one she lives in; the other houses her staggering collection of designer clothes.