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00:30And we've got 350 jewels and objects on display to show you that from collections all over
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00:52But it's so lovely for people to see this today because I would love visitors to come
00:56to the V&A and get a sense of joy and beauty and I think it's a wonderful way to find happiness
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01:26Thank you so much.
01:52We're at the front of the streets of the city.
01:55There are lots of houses, so many of them are in their house.
02:00You know that he is from the city.
02:04We leave the streets here.
02:06We have one of ourrolhous houses.
02:09Oh the tours are from the city.
02:12They are all of our houses.
02:15And one of our houses that we just came to visit
02:19Well we've got this lovely London story with the Royal Family where Edward VII actually
02:34helped support Cartier set up in London in 1902, gave him the first Royal Warrant in
02:391904 and every generation of the Royal Family has issued a Royal Warrant since. So that's
02:44a great testament to the brilliance of the company and their designs.
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03:47We have a wonderful tiara that was made in 1902 for the Countess of Wessex to wear to the
03:51coronation that year and we have the updated version of it being worn by Rihanna in a photo
03:56shoot from 2016. So over a hundred years later it's the reuse of this jewel of the garland
04:02style in a modern day futuristic setting and I think that's one of the geniuses of Cartier
04:08design. It never goes out of fashion, it's reusable in a modern context and we see it
04:13being worn by English aristocracy a hundred years ago and Hollywood royalty practically
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05:32Monaco. We have a beautiful necklace in rubies that was given to Elizabeth Taylor by her
05:38husband Mike Todd while she was in the swimming pool. Apparently she screamed with delight
05:42and pulled him in after her. I mean, who wouldn't, right? We have a wonderful watch that was given
05:48to Jackie Kennedy by her brother-in-law, later bought by Kim Kardashian. So again, that reuse
05:54and re-update of Cartier and even a watch from Tyler the Creator.
06:02Hang on.
06:32I think one of the special elements to Cartier is the timelessness of it. Historically, as
06:48a jewellery historian, I see how they've used lots of wonderful elements to come up
06:51with brilliant new ideas, but they've always pushed boundaries at every new point in history.
06:57They have a nod to their heritage today, yet they have come up with new jewels that really
07:01speak to the modern woman.
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