STYLE / Jewellery
IMAGES:BVLGARIHollywoodiconElizabethTaylor’sloveforjewellerywas
well-documented—anditwasnosecretthatshewas
particularlyenamouredwithItalianjewellerBvlgari.
Evenherfifthhusband,RichardBurton,famouslyquipped:
“TheonlywordElizabethknowsinItalianisBvlgari.”
TheTaylor-Burtonunionblossomedin 1962 whenthey
filmedCleopatraattheCinecittàstudiosinRome,also
hometoBvlgari,andtheywouldmakevisitstothebrand’s
ViaCondottiflagshipboutiquetogether.
Bvlgari’sloveaffairwithcinemaflourishedduringthe
goldenyearsofDolceVitainthe1950sand’60s.During
thattime,theAmericanfilmindustryhaddescendedupon
Cinecittà,dubbed“HollywoodontheTiber”(inreference
totheriverthatrunsthroughthecity),andstarted
producingmoviesandbig-budgetepicsfromthere.Films
suchasRomanHolidayandLaDolceVitacapturedthe
world’simaginationandcastaspotlightonthesightsofthe
EternalCitysuchastheSpanishStepsandTreviFountain,Show Reel
Italian jeweller Bvlgari’s enduring
love affair with film is the inspiration
behind its latest Cinemagia
high jewellery collection
BY HASHIRIN NURIN HASHIMI
Pairing precious gems
with coloured stones in
unconventional cuts has
become a Bvlgari signature
since the 1950s, as seen
in the Dolce Vita Colours
necklace and earrings
from the Cinemagia high
jewellery collection144 singapore tatler. october 2019