Bvlgari Rings

Bulgari S.p.A. was founded in 1884. Today, she is known as a jewelry manufacturer. However, in addition to jewelry, the company also manufactures and sells various leather accessories, luxury jewelry, watches and even perfumes. In addition, the company owns a network of elite hotels. All this has allowed the corporation to enter the top three of the world's largest jewelry companies. The correct spelling of the brand name is BVLGARI, where the Latin letter V is equivalent to the modern U.

The founder of the modern company was the Greek jeweler Sotirios Bulgaris. It was he who opened in Epirus, then part of the Ottoman state, the first boutique with which the history of the creation of the BVLGARI company began. A few years later, Bularis moved to Corfu Island, and later to Italy, where he opened several stores.

Initially, the assortment of stores consisted mainly of antiques, as well as their own products. In those days, silver was at its peak of popularity due to its affordable price and visual appeal. Therefore, the master made the very first products out of silver, which later became a kind of brand talisman.

However, the master, in love with his work, began to conduct experiments with other metals, gradually adding various minerals to the products. So, later the stores began to specialize in selling jewelry.

Over the years, the successors of Bulgaris continued his business and BVLGARI shops began to appear first in Rome, and then in all of Italy and in other European countries. Many conspicuous were regular customers of this company. Among them were such diva films as Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich and many others.

In the 90s of the last century, the company launched its own line of perfumes. In the new millennium, this is already a whole corporation that owns the Bulgari Hotels & Resorts chain. In 2012, under the sign of Bulgari, about 180 boutiques around the world.

Since the founder of the company Sotirios Bulgaris worked with silver products, this particular metal became the mascot of the Bulgari jewelry house. Many products differ exclusively for this brand design. All products are exclusively made of precious metals and stones, and the shape of the stone is most often convex or dome-shaped.

Bulgari jewelers draw their inspiration from Renaissance art. They skillfully combine the traditional school of Italian and French masters, as well as innovative modern technologies. Jewelers of the trading house for years honing their skills, and by the middle of the XX century, Bulgari jewelry had its own handwriting. They have become recognizable and popular. Eclectic design was very bold for that time. Masters managed to combine the age-old ancient traditions and modern school of Italian masters of the time.

Their decorations were practical and luxurious at the same time. They were equally relevant at a friendly breakfast and at a romantic dinner. For the jewelry of the Buglari trademark of that time, there were characters with stones “baguette”, as well as bright color “carosh”.

One of the descendants of Sotirios Bulgaris, Niccolo Bulgaris, was very fond of numismatics. Thanks to him, a whole collection of Monete Bvlgari appeared.

These were decorations imitating ancient antique coins with images of nymphs and wives of Roman patricians. The basis of the products formed real silver collectible coins, framed in yellow and pink gold. These decorations later became the corporate identity of the corporation. They are popular now, after decades.

In 1980, the Bulgari trading house revolutionized the jewelry industry.Masters offered customers modular jewelry that could be assembled from several elements. All elements were united by a single design, rounded shapes and the absence of excessive decoration.

Since they all had a huge circulation, their cost was relatively small. This allowed them to collect a lot of jewelry at a reasonable price.

The first collection of modular products was called Parentesi, which means brackets. The collection was published in 1982 and was a huge success. This was followed by a whole series of modular collections, which also enjoyed the liking of the general public.

In the mid-80s, Bvlgari Trading House once again distinguished itself and released a series of Tubogas jewelery (gas pipeline). The technology of their manufacture is very original: 2 thin gold plates were wrapped around a copper or wooden base, and their ends were intertwined. Then the base was pulled out, or, if it was not possible, dissolved in acid. Thanks to this method, the rings were quite light and flexible. At the same time, they are very tightly wrapped around the finger, without creating any discomfort. Another feature of such a ring is that it is universal and suitable for both men and women.

In the late 1980s, an environmental movement emerged. Bvlgari Fashion House could not stand aside and in 1991 contributed to this movement with the release of the new Naturalia collection, funds from the sale of which went to the Wildlife Fund.

For more than a century of its existence, BVLGARI has released such a number of collections that it is impossible to tell about them all in one article. Let us dwell in more detail on the brightest varieties of collections.

This collection is closely intertwined with a deep past and an ultra-modern future. This collection is difficult to confuse with any other. At the heart of all Zero 1 models is a wide flat hoop, extruded in the middle. It is in this middle that the world-famous Bulgari spiral passes. Combinations of metal can be different: the base - from gold of different shades, and the middle can be made of surgical steel, marble, and even ceramics.

The uniqueness of Zero 1 rings is also in the fact that this ring is a transformer. If desired, instead of one decoration, you get two at once. The original design of this decoration is such that its parts can be separated. In the afternoon it can be a regular ring, maybe even a wedding ring, and in the evening you can add one more detail to it - and you are the owner of a completely different piece of jewelry!

Double rings from "BVLGARI ZERO 1" - this is shocking, and chic, and sophistication, and originality at the same time. These ring-transformers can be worn one by one, in pairs or as a single whole decoration on one finger. In this case, they form one ring - a washer decorated with a large stone. Skillful lock allows you to fasten both rings in each other, and then easily separate them. The Bulgari catalog offers several variants of rings: with three or with four hoops, made of white or pink gold.

Decorations from the Diva collection are distinguished from the rest by the abundance of various combinations of colored stones. Juicy amethyst and delicate tourmaline are in perfect harmony with pink gold, and clusters of diamonds and greens of peridotus are frozen in white gold.

The MVSA collection is a wonderful decoration for creative nature. A large stone in exquisite setting with small diamonds - as if the Roman emperor, surrounded by his vassals.

Colored stones can also be found in many other BVLGARI collections. For example, the ALLEGRA collection is a riot of luxury: two and three-row rings of gold of various shades look like sleighs on which, like snowflakes, sparkle small diamonds. And in the midst of all this magnificence, blue topazes and tourmalines are announced as icebergs.

The ASTRALE collection also uses stones of different colors, but in a slightly modified form. The rim of the ring is thin and looks very fragile.On the elegant shield, reminiscent of gladiatorial battles, two rings of different diameters, each of which is decorated with small diamond placers. And the purest tourmalines, transparent rhodonites, blue topazes and mysterious citrines complete all this magnificence.

There are also colorful fantasy motifs in the SAPPHIRE FLOWER collection. The whole bouquets from stones of the most inconceivable shades and forms blossomed on rings and rings. Here the cut of stones in the form of a pear prevails, which creates the effect of a flower, stirring from a light breeze of the breeze.

The MARRYME collection is distinguished from the previous series by a more concise style of performance. With rare exceptions, dominant and restrained platinum dominates here.

Volumetric and expressive, these are rings with character. A round apple of a diamond resembles a biblical fruit, as if inviting to taste its aroma. Rings from this collection are often chosen as engagement or engagement.

The incredible beauty of BVLGARI, which combined the ancient cultures of mythological Greece and the mysteries of the Great Rome, did not leave anyone indifferent. And the answer to the question “How much is this magnificence?” Was forced not by a single human heart to break with despair.

However, do not be discouraged. Now, many manufacturers produce quite decent replicas of the famous brand. And the creators of elite jewelry themselves often copy their own products. But this does not mean that it is a fake. A replica is an exact copy of the original and often differs only in price.

Manufacturers of such copies save already on the fact that they do not develop the design, but copy already ready. Also the cost can be reduced due to the replacement of materials. For example, if the original ring from Bulgari is made of gold, then the replica can be made of jewelry steel, titanium or other alloys and covered with the thinnest gold layer. Such products do not lose their marketable appearance even after prolonged use, they do not darken in water and are not erased.

As for stones, they can also be replaced by cheaper analogues. If natural diamonds are very expensive, then in replicas they are often replaced with artificial, or synthetic. By their aesthetic properties, they are not much inferior to their natural counterparts, unless the price.

Reputable manufacturers also protect their reputation and do not drop to the level of bottle glass instead of emerald, plastic instead of mother-of-pearl and rhinestone instead of diamonds. In this case, a good replica is also not cheap, but at times cheaper than the original.

There are several signs by which the original Buglari rings can be distinguished from fakes.

Buglari style is a very correct geometry, clear and simple. This brand is not characterized by complex patterns from a variety of circles and triangles. Stones in one product are also most often of the same shape. Everything is simple and elegant. Nothing extra.

The predominant majority of rings have the BVLGARI stamp. On rings with stones, the inscription may be missing. You can distinguish them by stones. All the stones in the Bulgari rings have a very clear cut and crystal clarity.

Elite replicas completely copy all the details of the original design. You can familiarize yourself with the new BVLGARI catalog on the official website of the corporation. There is also a function of translation into Russian.

The metal in the original Bulgari products is always branded. There are very expensive and high-quality copies, but the specialist will always find differences from the original.

The characteristic style in which almost all BVLGARI rings are designed is Roman or Greek. They are easily distinguishable and do not need deep jewelry knowledge.

Numerous customer reviews, who are lucky enough to get high-quality copies of BVLGARI ringlets, indicate that well-made replicas are no different from the original. And practice shows that, without possessing special knowledge of a gemologist and without possessing special equipment, it is practically impossible for a simple inhabitant to distinguish natural natural minerals from stones created by human hands in the laboratory. And, therefore, as popular wisdom says - if there is no difference, then why overpay?