Fashion designer settles in Hollywood 2BD for $1.61M

Medium 3c7903058583e9e532cd32620f4b5d72 Arianne de Kwiatkowski bought a two-bedroom, two-bath home at 8814 Evanview Drive in Hollywood from Brigitte Rousselot and Philippe Rousselot for $1.61 million on May 3.

The Rousselots bought the property for $1.445 million in Nov. 2003. The 1,648-square-foot house was built in 1937 at Hollywood Hills West.

Ms. de Kwiatkowski is a fashion designer with her own clothing line, Arianne de K. She and her brother, Stephan, also manage Calumet Farm, a horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky. She got her start in the fashion business while living in Geneva, Switzerland before moving back to the U.S. in 2003.

She attended Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. and Christ Church College at Oxford University in England, where she studied Liberal Arts and European politics.

She recently sold a condo at 440 Kent Ave. in Brooklyn for $1.9 million in April 2008.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 565 home sales in Hollywood during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $789,500.

Address: 8814 Evanview Drive
Buyer(s): Arianne Dekwiatkowski
Seller(s): Brigitte Rousselot (Trustee), Rousselot (Trustee) (Living Trust) and Philippe Rousselot
Sale date: May. 3, 2010

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