Cartier And HBO’s ‘And Simply Like That,’ The ‘Intercourse And The Metropolis’ Sequel (Consideration: Spoilers Forward)

With Europe in a half lockdown state within the early winter of 2022, I’ll admit to watching a bit extra tv than I would usually do presently of 12 months.

One sequence I used to be actually wanting ahead to, and would have watched whatever the state of pandemic-induced closures, was And Simply Like That, the much-anticipated sequel to Intercourse and the Metropolis, which aired from December 9, 2021 to February 2, 2022 (and remains to be obtainable to stream). I’ve all the time beloved the taboo-laden adventures of the quartet of New York Metropolis fashionista heroines of this story and their various love lives – escapism at its greatest with numerous funky style to ogle and lady speak to snigger together with.

The tenth and ultimate episode of the primary season of the HBO sequence (on Sky right here in Germany) simply dropped on Thursday, February 3, and I’ve to say that I’m just a little relieved it’s over. In case you haven’t seen the present but and plan to, you could wish to simply have a look at photographs from right here on out as I’m about to drop some main spoilers in explaining why I really feel the best way I do concerning the present.

The unique sequence, which ran from 1998 by way of 2004, was lighthearted, enjoyable, flashy, colourful, and laugh-out-loud raucous. A good time each time, the form of factor you stay up for watching each week.

Within the sequence reboot, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her greatest associates, now diminished to only Miranda and Charlotte (Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis respectively) as a result of off-screen variations with Kim Cattrall (the ultra-racy Samantha Jones), are of their mid-fifties: the throes of center age and all that that entails – forgetting that speaking about intervals, sizzling flashes, and gray hair possibly isn’t as enjoyable for us as they suppose it’s. Within the very first episode Carrie’s husband, Large (Chris Noth) – one half of a love affair that spanned six seasons, two motion pictures, and a complete of 23 years – dies of a coronary heart assault on a Peloton, and he or she spends the remainder of the sequence mourning him whereas I spend the remainder of the sequence desirous to cry.

Miranda leaves her husband Steve in a match of what I can solely describe as an existential midlife disaster that features sneaky consuming and extramarital intercourse, and Charlotte offers consistently along with her youngsters’s teenage hormones in what I used to name my day by day life for a couple of decade. All in all, extra stress than humor.

All of this hits far too near actual life to be that gratifying, thanks very a lot. I used to look at Intercourse and the Metropolis to flee to another person’s life in an unique place for some time. Now I’m caught with a few of the identical stuff I cope with every single day – or have handled – in And Simply Like That. Simply in higher garments.

Not that a lot of an escape anymore.

And Simply Like That: Cartier

Nonetheless, this sequence is a large hit, which makes it an important place for Cartier’s product placement – and the present is chock stuffed with it. Not simply watches, which we’d count on well-off New Yorkers to be sporting, but in addition jewellery, purses, wedding ceremony rings, cufflinks, keyrings, a cigarette lighter, and even a Nécessaires à Parfum field nestled away in Carrie’s outrageously and expensively stocked shoe closet.

Spot the Cartier Nécessaires à Parfum field in Carrie’s closet but?

Fortunately for the Richemont-owned model, although, Cartier’s merchandise didn’t find yourself like a sure Peloton bike: the corporate had no concept that it might be used because the catalyst for a primary character’s loss of life! As Vainness Honest wrote, “Nobody noticed that coming.” A minimum of, in accordance with the identical Vainness Honest article, it wasn’t a paid product placement bike: “HBO procured the Peloton bike on their very own.” Whew.

So what can we see on the wrists, ears, shoulders, and fingers of the solid of And Simply Like That?

Charlotte (Kristin Davis) sporting a yellow gold Panthère de Cartier small mannequin in ‘And Simply Like That’

Panthère de Cartier small mannequin in yellow gold

It turns into apparent immediately that Charlotte is a Cartier lady – not stunning for a Park Avenue princess in my view – as soon as we spy her Panthère de Cartier small mannequin in yellow gold. Except for that, she additionally carries a lacquer-and-gold Diabolo de Cartier keyring with wax seal motif for all to see, which turns into very apparent in episode 4 as she holds it whereas texting.

Charlotte holding a Diabolo de Cartier keyring whereas texting in ‘And Simply Like That’

With Samantha ostensibly in London and out of the image, Carrie wants a brand new single accomplice in crime, a task rapidly stuffed by Seema (Sarita Choudhury), a luxurious actual property agent Carrie meets within the fourth episode when she decides to promote the condo that she and Large shared (this condo having been an enormous matter within the first film after they determined to lastly get married and transfer in collectively).

Seema additionally appears to like Cartier as evidenced by her pink gold Tank Louis Cartier small mannequin, which was apparent in virtually each scene Seema was in. Except for that, she additionally wore Panthère de Cartier bracelets in yellow gold with lacquered panther spots. In episode 5 she carries a Should de Cartier saddle bag in taupe calfskin with a really apparent gold-colored Should de Cartier keyring hanging from it. Within the ultimate episode we see her hanging out at a desk in entrance of a membership as she waits for Carrie, the place she pulls out a gold-colored Cartier Gadroon lighter to gentle her cigarette.

Seema (Sarita Choudhury) sporting a pink gold Panthère de Cartier small mannequin and yellow gold panther bracelets in ‘And Simply Like That’

Whereas I won’t have chosen a Panthère de Cartier look ahead to Seema’s character, who I believe would in all probability take just a few extra possibilities in her alternative of wristwear (what a couple of Crash?), I discover that the nice and cozy pink gold matches her pores and skin tone fantastically and that the showy, gold-colored equipment additionally go very effectively along with her total ensemble. She’s not Samantha, however she does have a sure model.

Steve and Carrie portray a shelter in ‘And Simply Like That’: excessive heels there too? Actually?

Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie is a identified fashionista and wears a few of the wildest combos that tv has to supply. Her toes are so accustomed to excessive heels that she will (fairly unrealistically) stroll miles of metropolis streets in them and even spends a day portray a shelter along with her friends whereas sporting a pair of silver platform sneakers and white overalls. Um, yeah.

Carrie sporting each her and Large’s platinum Cartier wedding ceremony bands in ‘And Simply Like That’

Being a real fashionista, Carrie doesn’t put on a watch. Nonetheless, consistent with the mournful story line, we repeatedly see each her wedding ceremony ring and that of her deceased husband. Each of those matching bands are platinum Cartier 1895 fashions.

Carrie at Large’s watch field in ‘And Simply Like That,’ which incorporates three pairs of Cartier cufflinks

At one level, Carrie painfully thumbs by way of Large’s watch and jewellery field looking for clues as to why he might need left his ex-wife 1,000,000 {dollars} in his will. Eagle-eyed viewers would possibly have the ability to spot three pairs of Cartier cufflinks: Drive de Cartier in yellow gold, Cartier Love in yellow gold, and Double C emblem cufflinks in sterling silver and black lacquer.

I did discover the pragmatic lawyer Miranda was not sporting a watch – considerably out of character, I would suppose – however I did see shut married associates of the trio Stanford and Anthony sporting watches.

Stanford (left) and Miranda in ‘And Simply Like That’

Stanford’s yellow gold Tank Louis Cartier small mannequin in ‘And Simply Like That’

Performed by Willie Garson, who sadly handed away on September 21, 2021 and couldn’t end filming the sequence, the flamboyant Stanford wore a yellow gold Tank Louis Cartier small mannequin for the three episodes we noticed him in.

His husband, Anthony (Mario Cantone), wore an unidentified stainless-steel watch with a blue dial on a bracelet (which our eagle-eyed spotter Nick Gould thinks may be a Carl F. Bucherer Manero Peripheral) and a white, yellow, and pink gold Vendôme Louis Cartier wedding ceremony band set with diamonds in the course of the sequence.

And similar to that, I’ve come to the top of what I’ve to say. Be at liberty to let me know what you could or might not have appreciated concerning the sequence within the feedback!

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