Alexander Wang’s New NYC Digs
Fashion designer Alexander Wang reportedly purchased this new $2million pad in Tribeca. It is a one-bedroom, two bath with exposed brick walls and a chef’s kitchen. Wang previously resided in a $675,000 one-bedroom loft in the East Village, which he bought back in 2005, while he was still just a sophomore at Parsons. Continue reading to view additional photos.
Hervé Pierre’s New York Apartment
Hervé Pierre, the creative director of Carolina Herrera, is a thoroughly modern man with an utterly romantic eighteenth-century sensibility. He left the Loire Valley of his youth to become the head of haute couture at Pierre Balmain in Paris (at the age of 24). But he’s lived here for the past fifteen years—where he’s found some ingenious ways to combat homesickness, stocking his refrigerator with Côte d’Or chocolate and his foyer with a noblewoman’s 1780 sedan chair. His is perhaps the only condo on lower Fifth Avenue to have been transformed into a veritable cabinet of curiosities. “I am in New York during business hours,” Pierre explains, “but at home I need to be in Paris.”… (NY Magazine).
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Maison DuJour: Valentino’s Villa in Rome
This unique property, home to Italy’s fashion emperor, is located amidst the ancient Roman Appia Antica area, only a ten minute drive from the Colosseum. The (1400 sqm) Villa is surrounded by one hectare of well tended gardens and features a pond, a 16 x 7 mt (53 ft x 23 ft) swimming pool and an incredible number of centuries old palm and maritime pine trees. This typical roman ocre-colored villa is build over floors. From the main door on the ground floor you enter into the entrance hall from where the stairs lead directly to the second first floor. The entire first floor has a large gallery that surrounds a lovely interior patio. The reception rooms comprises: an elegant library with fireplace, further on there is the main living room which features various sitting areas and a large fireplace with French windows opening onto the garden. From the living area you access the dinning hall and its adjacent tea room. This side of the house is completed by the large and professional kitchen zone. On the opposite side of the patio, there are: a breakfast room, three bedrooms each with en suite bathroom and a large master suite which features a private sitting room, a large bathroom, the bedroom and the dressing rooms. Back on the first floor (ground floor) there are a TV room and a large studio. There is also the guardian apartment (two double bedromms and two bathrooms) plus an additional three further staff bedrooms each with a bathroom and the laundry rooms. A garage for two cars completes the floor.
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Dasha Zhukova’s New Los Angeles Pad
Pop magazine editor Dasha Zhukova has been gifted a new $19.5 million home in the Hollywood Hills by boyfriend Roman Abramovich, with whom she has just had her first child. A native of Los Angeles, it was reported that Dasha wants to be closer to her mother who still lives in the city. Dasha’s new Tuscan-style mansion includes six-bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a swimming pool, movie theater and wine cellar. Leonardo DiCaprio and Halle Berry are said to be neighbours. Continue reading for additional photos. Read more »
Alexandra Richards’ NYC Apartment
An old interview and feature from Grazia of model Alexandra Richards‘ (daughter of The Rolling Stones Keith Richard and model Patti Hansen) NoLita apartment. RDuJour loves the chandeliers that Alexandra has hanging above her kitchen table.. a good DYI project!? You would need a lot of superglue! Also liking the Moroccan pouf seats shown in the picture above just in front of the couch. My favorite version of these come from John Derian in New York, which might be where Alexandra got hers because they look quite similar! Continue reading for more photos / interview.
Homes of Fashion, Anna Sui
A peak at fashion designer Anna Sui’s ecelectic Greenwich Village apartment as seen in Elle Decore’s Septemeber 2009 issue. The top-floor abode “recalls the do-it-yourself glamour of the 1970s, when Sui first came to Manhattan from her native Detroit”. Keep your eyes out for the amazing peacock in her living room!! Continue reading for photos.
Homes of Fashion, Milly’s Michelle Smith
I recently came across an old article from Elle Decore featuring Milly designer Michelle Smith’s apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Situated on Madison Avenue adjacent to the Christian Louboutin boutique, Michelle and her husband glamed the place up with 1920s tones. Continue reading for additional photos.
Maison DuJour: Tom Ford London
Fashion designer Tom Ford’s home in Chelsea, London.. A unique semi-detached house (circa 3,705 sq ft) which is set back from the road and securely positioned behind a high wall and double gates. The property has recently been modernised and decorated to the highest standard, in a modern contemporary style using the finest materials. Continue reading for additional photos and listing information.
Maison DuJour, Sienna Miller’s London Pad
Sienna Miller has been trying to sell her two-bedroom north London home since January and recently sliced the price from £1,295,000 to £995,000. Her listing agent told British newspapers that she is trying to sell quickly. Could this be because Sienna has a new cottage in Gloucestershire and has said she very dedicated to her vegtables? Continue reading for more photos.
Maison DuJour, Nightingale House
Nightingale House is located in Mayfair and I’ve been in love with this place for a while (the staircase topped with dome window looks particularly cool). Sadly I’m not really in need of a five bedroom mini mansion in the heart of London but perhaps one of my lovely readers is!? Continue reading for listing information and more photos.
