In what will be a banner week for prestige jewellery in Sydney, Bulgari and Tiffany & Co are presenting one-of-a-kind collections to private clients – Tiffany at its flagship store on King Street and Bulgari at a home in Bellevue Hill that has been transformed into an Italian villa for the event.

In any other year the Italian maison's Australia high jewellery manager, Brian Purkis, would be taking his top clients to a glittering event in an exotic location to celebrate the annual high jewel collection. But not this year.