{"product_id":"bulgari-parentesi-vintage-18k-yellow-gold-and-stainless-steel-hoop-earrings","title":"Bulgari Parentesi Vintage 18K Yellow Gold and Stainless Steel Hoop Earrings","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew design languages from the 1980s remain as immediately recognizable — or as thoroughly covetable — as the Bulgari Parentesi. Introduced in 1988, the collection took its name from the Italian word for parentheses, and the concept was as bold as the execution: interlocking segments of 18-karat yellow gold and polished stainless steel fitted together with the precision of a mechanical system, each piece articulated to move with the body while holding its sculptural shape. These hoop earrings are a definitive expression of that idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface pattern is dense and almost architectural, with the warm yellow gold framing and threading through the cooler steel in a repeating motif that catches light from multiple planes at once. The contrast between the two materials — one warm, one cool, both mirror-polished — gives the earrings a visual weight that photographs cannot fully convey. In person, they read as serious objects: substantial without being heavy, decorative without being fussy. At 29 millimeters (just over 1⅛ inches), they occupy exactly the right proportion against the ear — present enough to make an impression, refined enough to wear anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Parentesi collection represented something genuinely new when it debuted — Bulgari's willingness to treat steel not as a lesser material but as a design element equal to gold. That conviction has only aged better with time. Vintage Parentesi pieces in strong condition have become increasingly difficult to source, and examples from the original 1988 production carry particular interest for collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bvlgari","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47774130733277,"sku":"0003931","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/7828\/2405\/files\/bulgari-parentesi-vintage-18k-yellow-gold-and-stainless-steel-hoop-earrings-0003931-1231692299.jpg?v=1775760369","url":"https:\/\/www.opulentjewelers.com\/products\/bulgari-parentesi-vintage-18k-yellow-gold-and-stainless-steel-hoop-earrings","provider":"Opulent Jewelers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}