Splendor in the Sun

Eccentric, luxurious, fun—the party to celebrate the redesign of Bulgari at Bal Harbour Shops hit all the right marks. Impossible to miss at the soiree was the man of the hour, designer and architect Peter Marino, who showed up in his customary leather attire. Along with Marino, Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin welcomed VIP customers to a celebration marked by a ribbon-cutting and Champagne galore. Eyes were inevitably drawn to the eccentric Marino (often dubbed the Karl Lagerfeld of the design world), but the boutique’s new aesthetic, inspired by the original boutique in Rome on Via Condotti, didn’t go unnoticed, and neither did the array of carat splendor in the store’s vitrines. –Photography by Billy Farrell Agency