Eating and partying: two things Italians take very seriously. So seriously in fact that the country’s most famous jewellery house has dedicated its latest High Jewellery collection to the Italian art of throwing a ‘festa’. Launched with a suitably extravagant party in Venice, the collection is Bulgari’s most celebratory yet. Over 100 pieces fall into three themes: Festa dell’Infanzia, Festa della Principessa and Festa della Tradizione, each one celebrating Italian art de vivre.

“Italians love to live and live to love,” says the brand’s creative director, Lucia Silvestri, as the collection is unveiled. “We wanted to celebrate the joy, spirit and warmth of the Italian festa. It was so much fun to work on from beginning to end and I hope you can feel that in the pieces.”