GUESS co-founder Maurice Marciano recently sold his Beverly Hills home to upgrade into an even more expensive mansion just down the hill. As it turns out, the buyer of the France-bred clothing mogul’s old house was French-born model Chantal Leduc, the former wife of colorful business magnate Stephen Cloobeck. Leduc paid north of $25 million for her slick new digs, which are nothing if not chicly and lavishly contemporary.
Designed by prominent architect Paul McClean, the two-level home was completed in 2015 and sold as a brand-new build to Marciano, who forked over about $21 million. Hidden behind enormous black gates, the more than half-acre property offers a spacious motorcourt, a walled courtyard and an 11,000-square-foot house with five bedrooms, eight bathrooms and walls of glass throughout.
Particularly notable highlights include a translucent bridge leading to the front door, a Euro-style kitchen with dual islands and a basement level entirely devoted to relaxation — there’s a movie theater, wine cellar and wellness center complete with a gym, infrared sauna, steam room and indoor pool.
The massive combo living/dining area spills out to a vast terrace ideal for either grand-scale entertaining or intimate al fresco dining. Naturally, there’s also an outdoor plunge pool with city lights views. As for the master retreat, it’s tucked away in its own wing and offers a fireplace, sitting area and private patio, plus dual bathrooms and showroom-style closets.
It’s not surprising Leduc would be in the mood to buy an expensive new home; last year, she put her oceanfront Laguna Beach mansion up for sale. Located at the Montage Laguna Beach Resort enclave and listed at a whopping $39.7 million, that extravagant spread remains available on the open market.
Leduc’s former husband also resides primarily in Beverly Hills, where he owns an exceedingly lavish estate custom-designed for him by Richard Landry. Located on prestigious North Roxbury Drive and controversial from the start, the 16,000-square-foot manor has been christened “Papillon.” Cloobeck, who spent $20 million to buy the property and reportedly at least another $20 million building the house itself, now claims his bespoke creation is worth $100 million, and that his personal net worth tops $1 billion.
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