{"id":13612,"date":"2011-01-29T18:56:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T17:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=13612"},"modified":"2011-01-29T18:56:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T17:56:35","slug":"my-trembling-heart-bulgari-exhibtion-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/my-trembling-heart-bulgari-exhibtion-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"My Trembling Heart and the Bulgari Exhibition in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">After a two hour wait in line, I entered the historical Grand Palais Museum to see the beautiful\u00a0 Bulgari jewelry exhibition. The energy  from these dazzling jewels could have powered Paris for 3 full days. What a brilliant view for a cold winter day!! I was hypnotized by this  show.<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/bulgari-grand-palais.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13638 aligncenter\" title=\"bulgari-grand-palais\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/bulgari-grand-palais-560x669.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_X7Xc48I\/AAAAAAAAABQ\/ojbhiCpov1E\/s320\/P1000440_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_SWIoXYI\/AAAAAAAAABM\/ySw8jedZHsU\/s320\/P1000435_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TURAoUNdenI\/AAAAAAAAACI\/o48r42CXi9g\/s320\/P1000443_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, I love cabochon stones and Sotirio Bulgari knew how to do it.  Cabochon stones cannot cheat with the light as with cut stones. Instead  they show their true color and depth when polished. Pomellato is  another of my favorite jewelers where I consecutively walked by their  Parisian boutique on rue du Fbg. St. Honor\u00e9 for two mouth-watering  years. Let me not get carried away with the cut or  polish of the  stones&#8230; Back to the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUREvBkvyPI\/AAAAAAAAACM\/OTmieOlYrpM\/s320\/P1000445_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_eOU7YJI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/UEGjQyFKxSw\/s1600\/P1000445_640x480.JPG\"> <\/a>I stood in awe of pure opulence and beauty. To think these beautiful  stones were found in the mines all over the world. How it would felt to  be the first to hold a magnificent raw stone before it is coddled and  loved into its majestic brilliance?<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_ieLuVWI\/AAAAAAAAABc\/DG-hiCopcG8\/s320\/P1000448_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_l_8yKJI\/AAAAAAAAABg\/kqqfytvvRAk\/s320\/P1000449_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_o9pa2cI\/AAAAAAAAABk\/UdcSAUtXL70\/s320\/P1000450_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_rhIZZRI\/AAAAAAAAABo\/KnvVNghg0wM\/s320\/P1000452_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_54MSTpI\/AAAAAAAAAB4\/qvxKCKhq5Jg\/s320\/P1000457_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_-DzWXAI\/AAAAAAAAAB8\/UqTzDoXKqgA\/s320\/P1000458_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TURAFLMJR5I\/AAAAAAAAACA\/lD10GznLQfE\/s320\/P1000459_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TURAbMUWYnI\/AAAAAAAAACE\/-8Yyj8WCce0\/s320\/P1000460_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These  pieces were made in the elegant era of the 20&#8217;s through the 50&#8217;s by the  very well to do. Italian movie stars, of course, we devoted to this  jeweler but so was Elizabeth Taylor. Good old Richard Burton spent many movie  paychecks in their boutiques, he was a regular buyer for his fickle then  wife. Andy Warhol was also a fan declaring Bulgari to be a contemporary  museum. Now that is a compliment!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_ybygr6I\/AAAAAAAAABw\/bIU4s_GT53g\/s320\/P1000455_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_2dHN0XI\/AAAAAAAAAB0\/0DLdxoj0gxo\/s320\/P1000456_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_bqU9hRI\/AAAAAAAAABU\/bEGFgKJjrBs\/s320\/P1000444_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I would say I fell in love with their<strong> tremante<\/strong> or trembling  flower brooches. I recognized the genius and the artisanal mastery of  these brooches that trembled when the wearer moved. It sounds so clich\u00e9  but all I can stupidly say they were GORGEOUS!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Mq5nF0eGz4Y\/TUQ_uvPTNBI\/AAAAAAAAABs\/eDk3a48DR_o\/s320\/P1000453_640x480.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Enough said. Enjoy the pictures. Please forgive the blurriness but I  had to take them quickly and as discreetly as possible&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isamaisa.com\/2011\/01\/after-two-hour-wait-in-line-i-entered.html\" target=\"_blank\">Isa Maisa Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a two hour wait in line, I entered the historical Grand Palais Museum to see the beautiful Bulgari jewelry exhibition,  I was hypnotized by this show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[19],"tags":[138,97,139,99,67],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-3xy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10014,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/yves-saint-laurent-retrospective-exhibitionpetit-palais-paris\/","url_meta":{"origin":13612,"position":0},"title":"Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) Retrospective at the Petit Palais Paris","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"September 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective Exhibition at Petit Palais in Paris was bold, graphic and impressive, beginning with a walk through a gallery hallway of his tailored pieces","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Luxury, Fashion Industry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Luxury, Fashion Industry","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/fashion-luxury-industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"YSL by Andy Warhol 1974","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/YSL-by-wahrol.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/YSL-by-wahrol.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/YSL-by-wahrol.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11467,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/celebrities\/the-lady-gaga-a-go-go-exhibition-in-paris\/","url_meta":{"origin":13612,"position":1},"title":"The Lady Gaga A Gogo Exhibition in Paris","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"November 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I was recently invited by Paulina Leonor Lempicka to attend her Graphic Art Exhibit and other Artists showing their work in honoring Lady Gaga at Galerie Chappe on 4 rue Andr\u00e9 Barsacq, Paris 75018. 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