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AU Financial Review
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
Bulgari's new high jewellery collection is more than just big rocks
This month, in the Sicilian resort town of Taormina, otherwise known as the setting of season two of The White Lotus, Bulgari revealed its latest, kaleidoscopic high jewellery collection, Polychroma. 'The idea was to include as many colours as possible,' says Lucia Silvestri, Bulgari's creative director of jewellery. She counts 56 tones expressed in precious gems – matching tanzanites with lapis lazuli or artfully clashing morganites with onyx. 'There are so many new combinations of colours, stones and cuts all together.'
Vogue
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
It Sicily, Bulgari Shows off Its High Jewelry 'Millionaire Pieces' and More
The 241.06 carat emerald Priyanka Chopra wore to the 2025 Met Gala was included in the vast Polychroma collection unveiled by Bulgari in Sicily last night. The 250 piece collection boasts 60 of what the brand calls 'millionaire pieces'—high jewelry and watches that retail for over a million euros—as well as high jewelry bags designed by Mary Katranzou (a white clutch with a Roman Coin Monete set in gold and diamonds had sold by cocktail hour). Three one-of-a-kind fragrances in Murano glass, diamond, and fine gemstone bottles were also in the mix. The new offering leans into Bulgari's heritage as the authority on colorful jewelry, utilizing 56 different gemstones in both new designs and riffs on the house codes. Within the collection are five standout pieces of exceptional size, expanding on the success of last year's 40 million euro seven-diamond necklace. As with all the high jewelry unveilings, the biggest clients get the first spin around the year's new pieces. Sales were well underway a few hours into the opening and one of the five extra large necklaces (known internally as 'the splash necklace' due to the diamond design surrounding the center stone looking exactly as descrbied) had found a home. Regardless of high prices, Bulgari's Creative Director Lucia Silvestri has devoted herself to making the pieces more wearable, articulated, and comfortable on the body. She is also focused on transformable pieces—items that can be worn in varying ways to get more use from the owner. A necklace with two pear-shaped morganite pendants, for example, can morph into two statement earrings and a more simple necklace. The opening day of the brand's 10-day celebration in Taormina came in two parts: First came the showroom presentation of jewelry, bags, watches, and fragrance at the San Domenico Palace—the White Lotus, Sicily for us lay people (the piano player was indeed at the cocktail bar the night before, alive and well). It was followed by a dinner further up into town at the Grand Timeo hotel and a performance at the Greco Roman amphitheater next door—a cultural feat for the brand, which worked with local Sicilian authorities and the Italian government to secure the location and also pitched in on the restoration of two other Sicilian culture points.
Vogue Arabia
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue Arabia
5 Things to Know About Bvlgari's New High Jewellery Launch
The inspiration: light, colour… and Rome Bvlgari's new high jewellery and watches collection is an ode to colours, shimmering with chromatic vibrancy and movement. 'Like a prism catching light from every angle, Polychroma reveals a universe where countless creations, infinite shades, and precious stones converge in a celebration of radiant beauty,' explains the Maison. 'From the beginning I loved the name: it gave me chromatic liberty,' adds creative director Lucia Silvestri. 'I could explore how the colour and shape of different stones respond with one another. Different elements of light and dark. Light is essential when thinking about stones, which is why the backs of settings matter so much to Bvlgari: this open grid work is where the light comes in.' Rome, the city where the brand was founded in 1884, also remains a muse. In this collection, the Roman skyline, with its architectural domes and starry skies, inspired Polychroma. The standout pieces Among the new releases, five spectacular standouts showcase Bvlgari's creativity and craftsmanship. The Cosmic Vault necklace is a tribute to the astral beauty and architectural grandeur of Rome. The Celestial Mosaic necklace displays a central 131.21-carat spinel from Tajikistan, the world's fourth-largest spinel in the world and the first in terms of quality. A masterclass of engineering, the Polychromatic Bloom is crafted from more than 500 pieces. The Trombino platinum ring carries a 45-carat fancy vivid yellow diamond, an extremely rare gem, appearing only once every four or five years. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Priyanka Chopra Jonas attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo byfor The Met Museum/Vogue)Worn by Priyanka Chopra at the MET Gala, the Magnus Emerald necklace includes a 241.06-carat emerald, one of the most remarkable stones ever to emerge from the Colombian mines. A record-breaking collection A selection of 600 pieces were on display, including around 250 new creations, both high jewellery and high-end watches. Among the new Polychroma collection, 60 pieces are millionaire products - the highest number of millionaire creations ever presented in a Bvlgari event. An homage to gems Precious stones, coloured precious stones, are at the centre of the Bvlgari universe. Besides already set jewellery and watches, the Roman brand also displayed an impressive total of 56 gemstones – both precious and coloured – in 16 shapes. From faceted to cabochon and buff top, every stone has been cut to bring out its character. Clients can purchase the individual stones and – if requested – a made-to-measure piece can be commissioned, designed, and produced later. 'The beauty and proportion of the cut are paramount. Often we find the cut of important stones we buy is not good enough for us, so we recut them to give them more visual appeal,' shares Lucia Silvestri. 'We would prefer to have something more elegant and sophisticated and sacrifice some weight. This principle is part of what makes Bvigari unique.' Beyond jewellery The evening in Catania was also the perfect occasion to reveal more one of the kind creations in the growing segments of bags and fragrances. Designed by accessories creative director, Mary Katrantzou, high jewellery bags merged exotic skins with detachable jewellery closures that can be worn separately as pendants. Perfumer Alberto Morillas developed three unique fragrances, wrapped by Murano handmade flacons. Each piece is crowned not only by a snake jewel wrapping around the top of the bottle, but also by a detachable brooch featuring a rainbow combination of precious gems.
