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Tom Ford has paid $52 million for Lasata, the Hamptons estate where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent her childhood summers, the Wall Street Journal reported. The property went on the market for $55 million in May, more than double what the seller, film producer David Zander, paid for it in 2018 from another fashion designer, Reed Krakoff. The sale closed last week.

The sale occurs less than a year after Estée Lauder struck a roughly $2.8 billion deal to acquire Tom Ford’s fashion label. The fashion mogul has since made several real estate purchases, including a modern Palm Beach mansion, for which he shelled out $51 million in December 2022 and later swapped for an even larger 1930 abode in the same area owned by private equity CEO Brian Kosoy in an off-market transaction, per the Real Deal.

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Lasata’s guests are welcomed by chic lounge seating.

Located in East Hampton, New York, Lasata—or “place of peace” in the Algonquin language of the native Montaukett people—was originally built in 1917 in the Arts and Crafts style for Manhattan lawyer George Wellington Schurman before changing hands in 1925 to John Vernou Bouvier Jr., a lawyer who became a grandfather to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Little Edie Beale, and Lee Radziwill. Young Onassis and her six siblings returned to the grand 10-bedroom manse in summers, learning to ride horses and likely meandering the property’s unending orchards. The property spans roughly seven acres, including a two-bedroom guesthouse, a caretaker’s cottage, a pool house, and a three-car garage.

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In 2007, fashion designer Reed Krakoff and his wife, interior designer Delphine Krakoff, bought the grand 10-bedroom abode for $20 million. Eleven years later in 2018, producer David Zander nabbed it for

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Cameron Diaz is that rare actress who can rock a surfboard as convincingly as she does the red carpet. Whether riding a rogue wave or a wave of publicity, the towering blond, blue-eyed beauty with the blinding smile oozes glamour both on and off the screen. So it makes sense that when it came time to rethink the interior of her apartment in Manhattan’s West Village, Diaz looked to the West Coast’s reigning queen of razzle-dazzle, Kelly Wearstler, to give the space a healthy dose of Hollywood swagger.

Diaz found a kindred spirit in Wearstler. “I blame my love of sparkly, shiny things on my Cuban roots,” says the Southern California–born actress, who points to the formative years she spent on the beach for her tomboyish ways. “But I also wanted a place that felt very homey, very tactile. Kelly is unparalleled when it comes to striking that mix.”

Diaz—whose breakout role was in the 1998 comedy There’s Something About Mary—owned the 2,400-square-foot prewar apartment for several years before she decided to heed the impulse she had on first seeing the place, which featured all-white rooms done up in a vaguely nautical theme.

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It’s a modestly scaled set, and it’s sequestered in an armoire in the master bedroom. There’s no futuristic plasma number in the bathroom, no framed monitor above the fireplace, and no screening room with plush tiered seating and a popcorn-and-candy counter.

In an industry town like Los Angeles, having just a single television in a modern three-bedroom house is tantamount to treason—especially for two stars of the medium. But Mullally, who etched herself into the popular imagination as the boozy, wisecracking harpy Karen Walker on Will & Grace, and Offerman, who plays the dyspeptic libertarian Ron Swanson on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, aren’t being deliberately contrary or twee. They just happen to like watching television in bed.

This story originally appeared in the September 2010 issue of ELLE DECOR. 

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Anyone who’s gotten to know Kathy Hilton via her breakout turn on season 11 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills knows she’s the type to go big or go home—and with Christmas, she does both. “I normally start decorating in October,” Hilton tells AD, “then keep adding until December.” The tchotchkes and trees stay up until February, and from Thanksgiving onward, there’s nothing but the Holiday Traditions music channel playing throughout the house. Hilton says she thinks about Christmas all year long.

The spirit of the season starts on the outside of the home, sans bulbs. “I can’t do lights,” Hilton declares. There’s no obscure Bel Air ordinance to blame for this. Hilton admits, “It’s just that I’m not actually good at it, and I like things perfect.” Instead, garlands of fresh apples, oranges, and grapes welcome guests into the 14,980-square-foot manse.

For those uninitiated in the Cult of Kathy, the name Hilton may bring visions of sugar-plum fairies dispatched from all over Beverly Hills to craft her perfect winter wonderland, but fans of the Bravo darling know better. She does employ some assistance (“I have a wonderful lady that helps me, and she has a young man that comes and helps with all the stuff that’s really high up, because that’s a little scary,” Hilton says), but every touch is purely personal.

Each room in Hilton’s home—which includes seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, multiple sitting rooms, a butler’s pantry, and an open plan specifically designed for entertaining—has a different feel to it. “My blue-and-white room reminds me of Southampton, New York. My library reminds me of New York City, in a town house or an apartment, with the dark wood… Then, if you’re standing in the living room, it’s all butter yellow, pale blue, creams, with a little bit of apricot or maybe shrimp or blush.”

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The 55-year-old shared a look inside her surprisingly homely walk-in closet, in what appears to be her Malibu home. Promoting an eye serum from Meaningful Beauty, Cindy went makeup-free as she sat at her dressing table in a white dressing gown with her dark hair tied up.

Big lights surround her mirror, providing the perfect glow for her photos. In the background, Cindy has a set of white drawers with black handles, one of which was wedged open with an item of pink clothing.

Gold jewellery was displayed on top of the chest of drawers, and rows of shelves could be seen holding her shoes. Trainers, heels and everything in between were haphazardly placed on the shelves – making the room slightly less immaculate than when she took Vogue on a video tour of the room in 2017.

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The Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen have lived in many beautiful homes over the years, including the likes of Buckingham Palace, Sandringham and Balmoral Castle, but the late Prince Philip’s childhood home was also spectacular.

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The young Prince of Greece and Denmark was born in Corfu in 1921 where his parents Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice lived in a stunning 19th-century villa called Mon Repos, which is French for ‘My Rest.’

Also described as a palace and a castle, the property is situated in the forest of Palaeopolis overlooking the sea – so its location certainly sounds idyllic.

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Gordon Ramsay has been spending most of the coronavirus pandemic at his Cornwall home –and we can see why! Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip star Gordon often shares his idyllic surroundings with his fans, and he has filmed his breathtaking morning view showing off a beautiful sunrise and incredible coastal scenery.

From Gordon’s high vantage point at his idyllic beach house, he panned across the view, showing just how close he is to the rugged Cornish coastline. With rolling hills and powdery sand, the scenes would not look out of place in a holiday brochure.

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To create his dream home, Love drew inspiration from New York’s industrial past with a hint of the American West

By Ariel Foxman