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Phoebe DynevorMark Patrick/BFA.com
On Thursday night, Bulgari opened the doors and roof of its Beverly Hills flagship store to celebrate Bvlgari Eternal, a new collection culled directly from the Roman jeweler’s 1940s archives.
A glittering crowd that included Phoebe Dynevor, Paris Jackson, Dree Hemingway, Joshua Jackson, Ryan Destiny and Maude Apatow descended on the Rodeo Drive boutique as the sun set over the 1,100 handcrafted glass “Rosettas” that cover the exterior (inspired by the clasps of a 1930s bracelet). With champagne in hand, they browsed the curated collection of archival jewelry on display throughout the space. The centerpiece of the exhibition: a bracelet created in 1942, inspired by the industrial design of the time and reminiscent of the ancient Greco-Roman art of weaving willow branches to create wicker baskets. abbreviated as Vimini– Italian for wicker – this piece has become the basis for the newly launched Eternal collection.
Gislain Aucremanne, the brand’s curatorial director of heritage, flew in from Rome for the show and brought with him what he called “treasures” of the archive. Standing near the aforementioned bracelet, he explained the starting point for the collection. “I wanted to go back to the origins of modular jewelry,” he says. “Repetition, and how gold plays an important role in defining Bulgari style.” Eternal Vimini is the result of a three-year collaboration between Bulgari’s design team and creative director Lucia Silvestri, who was keen to delve into the archives. “The process is a dialogue between all the teams (design, jewelry production) and their combined efforts,” says Okreman. “They fell in love with this woven, intertwined wicker pattern, so we dug deep to understand those elements, and from that, they reinvented what you see today.”
On the rooftop terrace, sliders and house-made cocktails of gin, aperitif and citrus allowed guests to chat after their vacation and swap Golden Globes stories, including talking about Lisa, who debuted the Vimini high jewelry necklace at the ceremony. Meanwhile, Maude Apatow and Ryan Destiny modeled pieces from the new collection, which include Vimini bracelets (a gold wave with rhombus-shaped elements that wrap around the wrist) as well as earrings and rings, with Destiny pairing the bracelets with rings and necklaces.
As night fell, Kim Gordon took to the stage, her set imbued with decades of downtown New York cool; the kind of orchestrated mayhem that only the Sonic Youth founder could bring. When Ketranada took over, the atmosphere completely changed and the terrace turned into a dance floor. In between tracks, he grabbed a burger and shared his thoughts on 2026: “A lot of revelations, a lot of truth and a lot of success,” he said of Fashionproverbial fingers crossed.
As the party dispersed into the night, guests were quietly planning—showcases! – Which Vimini pieces they will wear to their next red carpet occasion.
The Bvlgari Eternal exhibition will run at the Rodeo Drive boutique until February 22nd.
