It saw this summer's nuptials of Chelsea Clinton, it's up for auction with a starting bid of $7.5M, and now Astor Courts, in Rhineback, N.Y., is up for the ogling in Ralph Lauren's Fall 2010 Purple Label campaign. The estate, designed by architect Stanford White for John Jacob Astor IV in 1904, features luxe Beaux-Arts details such as moldings, fireplaces, Gothic arches, Corinthian columns and a white marble swimming pool. Not quite Versailles (White's inspiration), but not the least bit bad to look at. Beautiful man, beautiful woman, beautiful Aston Martin, beautiful Ralph Lauren cashmere: all in the video above.
· Ralph Lauren Purple Label: Fall 2010 [YouTube]
· Ralph Lauren Films at Astor Courts [Luxist]
· Astor Courts to be Sold at Auction [Luxist]