[quote]Fashion designer/underwearmonger Calvin Klein has just bought himself an expectedly stylish contemporary house in the Bird Streets of the Hollywood Hills, two doors down from the Facebook-suing Winklevoss twins. Like so many big-budget dwellings built on spec, the 9,300-square-foot mansion, designed by Paul-McClean, has a wealth of features designed to impress, says the Wall Street Journal: fully retractable walls of glass, 13-foot ceilings, a home theater with seating for 12, an entryway that "features a bridge over a waterfall and reflecting pool," a 65-foot infinity pool, and a garage with space for eight cars. In all, the house has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms; the master bedroom has its own private terrace and fireplace. Though it was first listed back in January for just shy of $29.95 million, Klein purchased the place for $25 million. Meanwhile, he's selling his long-time spread in Miami for $16 million.
Calvin Klein Drops $25 Million on Bananas Mansion in the Hills
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 3, 2021 7:28 AM |
What does that house have to do with bananas?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 28, 2015 3:39 PM |
I looked at that house last month but the retractable glass walls was the deal breaker. And only space for eight cars??? I'm holding out for something in a classier neighborhood. With more space. And non-retractable walls.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 28, 2015 3:47 PM |
OMG, is he still alive? How?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 28, 2015 4:00 PM |
Well, you have to give him credit for getting the hell out of Florida.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 28, 2015 5:37 PM |
[quote]OMG, is he still alive? How?
Formaldehyde and vax, dahlink...
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 28, 2015 5:47 PM |
That house is OK. His Miami house (also at Curbed; sold?) is really beautiful.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 1, 2015 3:02 AM |
OMG I know many think Calvin is dead...but he looks deadly LOL looks older than 72
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 1, 2015 4:39 AM |
I'd love to see if when he gets together in a room with other decrepit couturiers like Karl Lagerfeld and Thierry Mugler they all spend hours hissing at each other.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 1, 2015 4:45 PM |
In that photo at r7 you can see the lines where the wig is banded to the forehead on our right side of it. He would look so much better with natural baldness.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 1, 2015 4:48 PM |
Is a bananas mansion anything like a banana hammock?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 1, 2015 5:09 PM |
Who was Klein fooling with his marriages? Were people that blind?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 1, 2015 5:18 PM |
I love you R8.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 1, 2015 5:37 PM |
Indeed, why "Bananas"?
Hate the house, it's totally sterile, and designed to impress rather than to be lived in. Drop one Coke can on the floor, and you've totally ruined the ambiance.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 1, 2015 10:28 PM |
It's beautiful. It's not my style, but I could live there in a minute.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 1, 2015 10:36 PM |
"Drop one Coke can on the floor, and you've totally ruined the ambiance."
Do you just drop Coke cans on the floor at home and leave them? What kind of pigpen do you live in that spilled Coke is acceptable?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 2, 2015 3:03 PM |
That's a swell house. Not my style at all but its very Calvin Klein. Why anyone would buy a house in So Cal in a historic drought is beyond me.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 2, 2015 5:40 PM |
two doors down from the Facebook-suing Winklevoss twins?
They still I've together? WTF is up with that?
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 2, 2015 5:43 PM |
R7 How can you say he is old? Look at those fine high cheek bones, full head of hair and unblemished skin! Why the young boys must be throwing themselves at him.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 2, 2015 6:00 PM |
R10, R13, in luxury real estate lingo, bananas are all the cool, nifty, oppulant, extravagant luxury items/amenities offered on a home, especially one done on spec. Thus, a "bananas mansion" is a megamansion outfitted with all the options (bananas) that a multimillionaire buyer would want.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 2, 2015 6:10 PM |
I was going to buy this house only last month but just before I signed the paperwork I had to take a leak. When I lifted the seat up on the toilet bowl I was aghast to find a giant floating turd in there that just wouldn't flush. That was the deal-breaker, for me.
I wonder if Calvin has been in there yet...
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 2, 2015 6:23 PM |
R1 Perhaps OP meant to post in the unusual pie thread? You don't really hear much about banana pies except to throw at clowns.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 3, 2021 6:43 AM |
This happened in 2015. Old News.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 3, 2021 7:18 AM |
Is that one of those houses with all glass walls? However does one masturbate?
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 3, 2021 7:28 AM |