{"id":2112631,"date":"2026-10-12T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=2112631"},"modified":"2026-10-13T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:06:05","slug":"bvlgari-minaudiere-melone-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2026\/10\/12\/bvlgari-minaudiere-melone-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Bvlgari brings back the Melone minaudi\u00e8re, this time in gilded aluminium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The<\/em> Melone returns from the Bvlgari archives and will be available from October 2026. The announced change lies in the material: a gilded aluminium version.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the House’s visuals, the Melone<\/em> stands upright, a tall oval fully fluted, like a fruit set on a table. Conceived in the 1970s, this minaudi\u00e8re borrows its name and shape from the melon, which the House of Bvlgari associates with abundance and prosperity. The House claims more than a reissue. It speaks of an object that blurs the boundaries between bag, jewel and collector’s piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facts of this version are few and precise. The body is in pleated gilded aluminium, in the House’s words. The clasp is a cabochon inlaid with white mother-of-pearl, set on the fluting. When opened, the minaudi\u00e8re separates into two symmetrical halves lined with nappa leather. A silk pompom, black or ivory, hangs from a twisted cord. The two are interchangeable, and twelve other colours are offered to order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What draws attention is the choice of metal. A minaudi\u00e8re is a rigid case held in the hand, and its value has long been judged by its weight and the precision of its clasp. Aluminium is a light metal. Gilded, it keeps the lustre of gold without imposing its weight. The House says it did not content itself with a reissue, and this choice is its most visible translation. Whether the fluting keeps its promise in a light metal, whether the gilding withstands the friction of an evening and whether the two shells close with the crispness expected of a jewel can only be judged with the piece in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of the design points the same way. A pompom that can be changed, a shade chosen at the time of ordering: this implies an object that accompanies outfits and seasons. It is not the regime of the vault piece, which is looked at more than worn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Melone<\/em> of 2026 will therefore be judged on a fundamental question. What remains of a collector’s object when rarity no longer lies in the metal? Bvlgari answers through form, mother-of-pearl, the nappa lining and the possibility of changing it. The answer is coherent, and it remains to be seen whether it is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Melone returns from the Bvlgari archives and will be available from October 2026. The announced change lies in the material: a gilded aluminium version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":2102352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52709,30776,30122],"tags":[30968],"class_list":["post-2112631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mode-luxsure-en","category-mode-en","category-watches-and-jewelry","tag-bvlgari-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2112631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2102352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}