How To Rent Giorgio Armani’s Caribbean Villa
Take a look inside the fashion icon’s once private getaway.
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Have you ever wondered where Italian fashion icon and fashion designer Giorgio Armani gets his tan?
The 84-year old billionaire has been enjoying a private strip of paradise on the tropical island of Antigua since 2006, and now, you can rent it.
Located in Galley Bay Heights, along the west coast of Antigua, the development sees 25 luxury villas line the beach, two of which owned by Armani himself.
Here, the two villas combine to form a cliffside compound surrounded by the aquamarine hues of the ocean and tropical gardens.
Each property was designed by Italian architect Gianni Gamondi with Villa Flower holding six bedrooms while neighbouring Villa Serena sees a further five bedrooms.
The villas share the main pavilion which links each residence alongside a series of wooden decks, terraces and dining areas – maximising the use of outdoor space.
Each bedroom has its own ensuite bathroom as well as private access to the spacious outdoor patios overlooking the bay below.
The interiors – having undergone a recent renovation – see tones of beige and grey, styled by the Armani Casa interior design studio team, natrually utilising inhouse furnishings.
Each villa is privy to its own private pool, gym, outdoor jacuzzi and expansive outdoor terraces as well as exclusive beach access.
The villas also offer up the use of a catamaran with a captain to sail you to nearby islands alongside four permanents staff with the option for a private chef.
Properties can be rented individually or as an 11-bedroom luxury compound – starting at approx. $122,000 per week. Although with current local travel restriction, best to bookmark this one.
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Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago, according to a survey by Northwestern Mutual
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A water lily painting by Claude Monet of his Giverny gardens is expected to achieve at least US$65 million at Christie’s November sale of 20th-century art in New York
Le bassin aux nymphéas, or water lily pond, painted around 1917 to 1919, is a monumental canvas extending more than six-and-a-half feet wide and more than three-feet tall, that has been in the same anonymous private collection since 1972. According to Christie’s, the painting has never been seen publicly.
The artwork is “that rarest thing: a masterpiece rediscovered,” Max Carter, Christie’s vice chairman of 20th and 21st century art said in a news release Thursday.
A first look at this thickly painted example of Monet’s famed and influential water lily series will be on Oct. 4, when it is revealed in Hong Kong.
The price record for a Nymphéas painting by Monet was set in May 2018 for Nymphéas en fleur, another large-scale work that had been in the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller. That painting sold for nearly US$85 million.
The current work for sale is guaranteed, Christie’s confirmed. The auction house did not provide further details on the seller.
Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago, according to a survey by Northwestern Mutual
