Tiffany & the Hearst Estate: A Blue Book Star Studded Showcase
The jewelry house presents ‘Blue Book’,
the catalogue of its most luxurious custom-made pieces with price tags in the multi-millions,
at the Beverly Hills mansion that inspired ‘Citizen Kane’, featuring a dinner
with Reese Witherspoon, Anya Taylor-Joy and Emily Blunt!
MARÍA PORCEL
Los Angeles
At the beginning, Beverly Hills was countryside. Well, maybe not from the very beginning: 100 years ago, Los Angeles’s most exclusive and famous neighborhood was the site of a hotel that shared its name and little else. But then, the ever-savvy media magnate William Randolph Hearst (who inspired Orson Welles’s film Citizen Kane) and his partner, actress Marion Davis, saw an opportunity in those desert hills, located within spitting distance of Hollywood. They bought more than seven acres, on which they built a home that was first known as the Hearst Estate and today, as the Beverly Estate. The magnificent mansion was designed by architect Gordon Kaufmann in the Spanish style (a favorite in this area), with patios, tiled fountains, stone balustrades and a dining room ceiling painted by John Smeraldi, who also did work on New York’s Grand Central Station.
Today, the hidden gem is closed to the public, but it has hosted John and Jackie Kennedy — at the time, young and practically unknown — on their 1953 honeymoon, Sammy Davis Jr. singing to his guests, and Adele for her 31st birthday celebration. Its gardens and balconies have made appearances in The Bodyguard, The Godfather and Beyoncé music videos. And on Thursday, April 25, the building welcomed Reese Witherspoon, Anya Taylor-Joy, Diego Boneta and Suki Waterhouse. Their presence heralded a generational change that is keeping the mansion fresh, part of a three-week stint during which the building became the Tiffany brand’s fort.
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