As anticipated by Gioiellis.com, in Paris Bulgari presented Musa, a new collection of high jewelry. It was more than just an event: in the year in which it blows out 130 candles, the Roman maison, which a couple of years ago passed under the banner of Bernard Arnault’s LVMH, organized a global social event. The show took place a few hundred meters from the Louvre, in the Relais & Chateau of the Maison Apicius, among gardens adorned like jewels and ladies as vain as peacocks. According to the news, guests (potential customers) and celebrities were present, having moved from the red carpets of festivals or catwalks to the heart of the French capital. Apart from Carla Bruni, who is the official testimonial of Bulgari, the actors Alexander Ludwig, Eric Bana, Luke Evans, David Jarre and Jon Kortajarena, Princess Lilly de Wittgestein (full name: Marie Louise Ulrike Olympia de Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg), Clotilde Courau (actress, but also princess of Venice), the models Poppy Delevigne, Arizona Muse and Olivia Palermo, the fashion stylists Caroline Sieber and Tina Leung, Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis (full title: Elisabeth Margarethe Maria Anna Beatriz Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis), the Chinese actress Yao Xing Tong were spotted.
In addition, of course, to the CEO of Bulgari, Jean-Christophe Babin. The collection is composed of nine pieces of high jewelry, dedicated to the muses and 26 pieces of medium-high jewelry, with a mix of bright colors, as expected from the Bulgari style. The compositions of colored gems are the main course, Necklaces, rings and bracelets are made of emeralds, rubies, sapphires, amethysts, citrines, chalcedony, prasiolites, tourmalines, rare tanzanites, mother of pearls. The stones are generally cut oval cabochon. Experts say that it was in use in India during the Mughal Empire, over two centuries ago and that it recalls the shape of the roofs of the palaces where the rich maharajas lived. To be precise, this type of cut is called takhti: a bridge between East and West, enclosed in a high-quality collection.
