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Percy Steinhart, Creator of the $1,000-Velvet-Slipper Brand Stubbs & Wootton, Restored This Connecticut Home
The Federal-style home of late fashion tastemaker Percy Steinhart in Litchfield, Connecticut, has come to market asking $3.9 million.
Steinhart, whose full name was Percival P. Steinhart III, founded the Palm Beach, Florida-based footwear brand Stubbs & Wootton, known for its velvet slippers, which have been worn by kings and pop stars. The boutique’s classic smoking slippers range from $625 to $1200, and come in a range of whimsical embroidered varieties.
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Steinhart restored and designed the nearly 4-acre Connecticut estate himself, according to listing agents Heather Croner and Patricia McNamee of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, who listed the home Wednesday.
“It needed every bit of attention, which he gave it,” Croner said. “It’s so beautiful now; big spacious rooms, all in lovely proportion and beautifully decorated.”
The main house dates to 1874 and spans 6,641 square feet across two stories, with white siding, charming bay windows, multiple fireplaces, stained glass above the entrance and period embellishments. A welcoming entry hall leads to an elegant living room and corner dining room, the modern kitchen has a large island and breakfast nook, while a library steps down to a garden room surrounded by French doors.
The house bears evidence of Steinhart’s insouciant style, with color-drenched rooms, patterned wallpapers as well as the striking two-tone wooden flooring in the library, which is original to the house. “He was a design maven, altogether,” said Croner. “Everywhere you look, every inch shows his sense of design.”
There is also a matching white pool house with two sets of French doors added by Steinhart, which opens onto a flagstone pool deck, and a converted carriage house with green barn doors. Combined, there are a total of seven bedrooms.
The grounds also include a greenhouse, an outdoor kitchen, a croquet lawn and a terraced garden with multiple levels.
Steinhart purchased the house for $2.6 million in 2022, property records show. He had sold another house on the block the year before for $1.8 million, more than double what he paid for it in 2013. He died in November 2025 at age 76.
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Steinhart was born in Cuba to a prestigious family of bankers and businessmen, and founded Stubbs & Wootton in 1990. Fans of the footwear include Lady Gaga, King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Anne Hathaway, who was photographed wearing them on the set of the recently released “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” according to Steinhart’s obituary in The Wall Street Journal.
His brother, Frank Steinhart, who now runs the company, could not immediately be reached for comment.
See how Milford compares to other communities across the state:
The average value of homes near Milford include:
- Stratford: $462,162
- West Haven: $361,523
- Orange: $628,308
The data comes as Connecticut continues to face rising home prices and limited inventory.
According to Redfin, 8,307 homes were listed for sale statewide in March, down 10.2 percent year over year.
Zillow estimates the average Connecticut home value is now about $441,466, a 4.8 percent increase over the past year.
— Hayleigh Evans, Patch Staff, contributed to this report.
A state champion coach in Connecticut is heading to the place where he starred in high school basketball.
Heading back to his alma mater
Lyman Hall High School Athletics recently announced on social media that ex-Trojans standout Jim Economopoulos is returning to his alma mater to take over the boys basketball program.
Economopoulos replaces Rob Ruys, who coached the Trojans to an 8-13 record in the 2025-26 season.
“The Lyman Hall Athletic Department is proud to announce the hiring of Jimmy Economopoulos as our new head boys basketball coach,” Lyman Hall Athletics posted via X. “He’s a (Lyman Hall) graduate and current educator in the Wallingford Public Schools who brings over 10 years of successful coaching in the (Southern Connecticut Conference). Welcome home coach.”
Economopoulos told CT Insider that he is looking forward to returning home and “do something great at the school” he graduated from in 2009.
Economopoulos’ time at Daniel Hand High School
The decision comes after Economopoulos resigned as head coach of the Daniel Hand High School boys basketball program in April.
Economopoulos guided Hand to the program’s first CIAC championship title in 2022, a Division III crown, after the team won 56-39 over Kolbe-Cathedral. Economopoulos finished with a 112-105 mark in 10 seasons with the Tigers, including 80-42 in the previous five seasons.
The Tigers went 9-14 in Economopoulos’ final season at the helm.
“(Leaving) was very much on the table heading into the year (2025-26 season). And the chaos of my life this winter confirmed it for me,” Economopoulos said via CT Insider last month.
Playing days for the Trojans
Economopoulos led the Trojans to the 2008 CIAC Class L title game and the state semifinals in 2009, but Lyman Hall went on to lose both games.
“That game hurt 1,000 times worse than the state final loss,” Economopoulos told CT Insider. “In the state final loss, we weren’t expected to be there. We had almost everybody back from our junior year and we thought for sure we were winning a state championship that senior year. We thought we had won that game. It was devastating when the shot went in.”
Family connection at Lyman Hall
Economopoulos’ late father, Nick, coached girls basketball for 35 seasons between Lyman Hall, East Catholic and Coginchaug. In that span, he compiled 619 career coaching victories.
At Lyman Hall, Nick Economopoulos guided the Trojans to Class L state titles in 1985 and 1986, including three state final appearances in 1979, 1982 and 1991.
Jim’s sister, Christie Madancy, is currently Lyman Hall’s girls basketball coach.
“It definitely makes it easier. I’ll be working with a girls coach I know very well,” Jim Economopoulos said via CT Insider. “My nephew will be a freshman (on the basketball team) next year, so we will have family in the gym pretty consistently.”
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