The late Elizabeth Taylor was known for many things including her incredible cinematic career, her eight marriages, an extensive collection of jewellery — and a fabulous wardrobe of kaftans. It’s her signature floaty gowns that provided the inspiration for the interiors of an extravagant penthouse under construction at the Hôtel Provençal on the French Riviera . The Jazz Age icon is currently being redeveloped into 39 high-end residences in a £300 million-plus project by British developer Caudwell.
Founded by billionaire John Caudwell , the developer is also the mastermind of “London's most luxurious address” — a £2 billion 1 Mayfair apartment complex . There will be three penthouses occupying the eighth to eleventh floors of the Art Deco former hotel, each with six bedrooms, a dedicated resident’s lift, and top-level security. Two of the penthouses will be triplexes, flanking a central four-storey penthouse that will include a 14-metre rooftop swimming pool.
Prices will start at €31 million (£26.3 million) and go up to €40 million (£34 million). The development aims to recapture the glamour of the era when the Hôtel Provençal was the celebrity hotspot of the Cap d ’Antibes, when F.
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Picasso, Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin all hung out at the Mediterranean resort. Caudwell is working with Parisian architecture and design house Affine Design to create the layout and interiors, which will reference Taylor’s kafta.