Courtesy of Fairmont Jakarta

CThe Peacock Lounge of the Fairmont Jakarta hotel is famous for its afternoon tea using premium products. BVLGARI, meanwhile, is a world-famous luxury jewelry and leather goods brand. When the two of them collaborate to organize an event, the result is a fashion-themed afternoon tea.

Held on Feb. 8 and called Forever Love, the event delighted Jakartans with a fashion showcase introducing BVLGARI’s Spring Summer 2018 collection comprising leather goods, bags, accessories, eyewear, scarfs and more. After taking a look at the products of the new collection, the guests were served a set menu inspired by the items from the new collection.

At the opening session of the event, Mugi Rekso Abadi’s head of Retail and Lifestyle Division, Putri Soedarjo, spoke about the philosophy and concept behind the collection.

The event also sought to mark the upcoming Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14. For those who missed the event on Feb. 8, Fairmont Jakarta’s Peacock Lounge presents the Forever Love BVLGARI Afternoon Tea set menu, which includes a selection of premium tea or coffee for two, from Feb. 9 to March 22 from 1 to 5 p.m. at a price of Rp 588,000 (excluding tax).

For the afternoon tea function, Fairmont Jakarta’s pastry team used the predominant colors featured in the new collection – bright pink, fuchsia, purple, red and turquoise – in its delicacies: the lychee chiboust, blueberry velvet mille-feuille, vanilla pots raspberry panna cotta, chocolate pralines, Carmelita éclair, red velvet cake and passion fruit chocolate.

All the food is showcased in the lounge’s delicacy drawers. BVLGARI uses the above-mentioned colors in its latest collection to emphasize a sense of freedom of expression, emotion and style.

Other drawers in the lounge, meanwhile, offer a variety of delicious mini sandwiches that were also custom-made to suit the color tones presented in the latest collection. Salmon bouche in a saffron toast, egg salad Florentine on dill brioche, vegetable tartine on beet rye bread with dragon cream cheese and beef and asparagus mille feuille round off the afternoon tea extravaganza.

The set menu also features warm homemade scones and Madeleine, along with the condiments of clotted jam and cream.

The highlight of BVLGARI’s colorful Spring Summer 2018 collection is a bag called Serpenti. The Serpenti Neon evokes the excitement of city lights and signs, unveiling a message that appears on the front side of the bag, with a silhouette of the sinuous snake and ends on its back, with a bold “Forever” inscription.

According to Fairmont Jakarta General Manager Carlos Monterde, Fairmont and BVLGARI’s cooperation goes a long way back – following 100 years of history that began in Europe and has expanded globally.

The Fairmont Jakarta hotel, which is strategically located in the southern end of Jakarta’s business district, has 488 rooms, consisting of 380 well-appointed guestrooms and 108 Sky Suites that offer the best of both suite-style living and the comfort of home.