âJackie Collins lived the lifestyle about which she wroteâ When HELLO! was invited into the Los Angeles home of Jackie Collins shortly before her death in 2015, she told us how her spectacular 22,000sq ft mansion with its eight bedrooms, library, cinema, art gallery and swimming pool had been inspired by David Hockneyâs painting, A Bigger Splash.
âI saw it and it was millions of dollars so I thought, âI canât afford the painting, but Iâm going to have a house with that swimming pool instead.â I drew a sketch, gave it to an architect and we started from there.â
The best-selling author may not have bought that particular artwork but her house, which she said was built from the proceeds of her 1983 novel, Hollywood Wives, was filledâŚ
