As the powder blue sky over Venice’s Grand Canal transforms into a glowing lapis with the setting sun, the Gothic masterpiece that is the Doge’s Palace on Piazza San Marco comes alive with the clinking of Champagne goblets and spindly heels on 14th-century mosaic tiles. Tonight, rather than hosting a steady flow of tourists In town for the opening of the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Ducale, as the palace is also known, has become the twilight backdrop to the gala staging of Bulgari’s latest high jewellery and watch collection, Mediterranea.
It’s an evening for grand jewels set against a very Grand Canal where Bulgari’s bijoux-adorned VIP clients mingle among a quartet of megawatt house ambassadors: Zendaya, Anne
