India Today – August 13, 2018

INDIA TODAY SPICE 36 AUGUST 2018

designs for expensive high jewellery pieces. We love dis-

rupting creativity as you can see from the current collection.

Which pieces do you like best and which

ones were the hardest to make?

I love the flamingos necklace which is Joan Collins all

the way and I love the spring necklace which

is fantastic and is inspired by a bracelet

drawn by Andy Warhol and is a stun-

ning work of rubies and diamonds.

The hardest was the Play it Again

series of a necklace and earrings

that reproduces vinyl LPs and

their players. This was made

with the onyx because it is so

sophisticated and needed a

high level of craftsmanship. It

has different layers and we used

a 5-carat rose cut diamond with en-

graved onyx. The interesting bit is that it

all moves and is very fluid.

The design of the jewels is simple and

fluid. Was this deliberate?

I am a woman and want to wear something that needs to be

pleasurable and easy on the skin, and should be versatile so

it can go from day to night. It needs to be fluid so I tried on

every piece to see how it works for women who will eventu-

ally wear it.

Where do you source the stones from?
The list is endless and ranges from Burma, Sri Lanka, to
Kashmir, Tanzania, Madagascar, India and other places as
well. I love sourcing precious stones from all these locations
and Jaipur is the origin for many precious stones as I work
very closely with the cutters there who are so fantas-
tic at what they do. I love being in India and
finding the next precious stone for my
collection. It is a very international
collection since gems are from
everywhere. My first source of
inspiration is Rome and then
every trip I undertake gives
me something new to think
about. India is a big inspiration
but Japan excites me as well
and like that there are numerous
others that fascinate me.

Do you set trends?
We follow trends and markets but also follow
our DNA which says that we have to improve our creativity
and be daring and perfect so we won’t be hemmed in. We
like to be futuristic and are a global Italian brand. Bulgari is
all about breaking the rules.

Would you say you are design disruptors?
We have been design disruptors from the beginning, using
hard stones and precious stones together and creating fun

BLING FLING

Much of the collection is

inspired by the music of the

80s, like this bracelet sporting

microphones using diamonds

and precious stones

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