What happened when Cartier and Sofia Coppola took on Kyoto?

Then came the jewels.  At the Kyoto National Museum, Cartier presented 46 new creations from Le Chœur des Pierres – The Choir of Stones – exploring the colour, form and character of individual gemstones.

Among the most striking was Stellara, a necklace centred on a 41.01-carat Ceylon sapphire, with diamonds radiating outwards in a geometric arrangement that seemed almost weightless.  Panthère Tunya was more…