FASHION

40 and Fabulous: House Proud


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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

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*.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

The designer who brought us the safari look naturally had a lynx-covered bed in his Paris apartment—it was there that he enjoyed his breakfast of tea and buttered bread, often followed by a round of gymnastics.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

Like all things in the seventies, the stylish couple’s sisal-and-suede Paris apartment had an au naturel appeal.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

Back then, Tiger the Dalmatian not only ruled Jacobs’s New York roost but also inspired the designer’s prints for Perry Ellis.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

The irrepressible supermodel knew how to heat things up in her Greenwich, Connecticut, home.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

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.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

Some people get paper for their first wedding anniversary; DVF received this Paris pied-à-terre from husband Barry Diller.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

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.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

Just an average day for the exquisite artist: sauntering around her New York apartment in a Valentino blouse and Agent Provocateur briefs.

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Stylist: Giovanna Battaglia

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.