This is a creative world. We are all in it together. We are not competitors. We are in it

together to support designers. We're competitors for our women, but we're not competitors to support

designers. They need us and we need them.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewelry,

an author, broadcaster,

and the woman who initiated the role of jewelry editor

at magazines like Tapper and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone.

For people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize they like jewelry podcast for everyone. For people who do like jewellery, for people who don't realise they like jewellery, and anyone

intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales meeting all sorts of people delving into four centuries

of jewell jewelry culture and investigate

what's happening now.

My guest today is one of the most influential women working in fashion.

Elizabeth Saltzman's had a long career as a senior fashion editor for Vogue

and Vanity Fair. She's styled shows for Tom Ford, Michael Cores and Prada, amongst others.

W. Magazine calls her fashion's fairy godmother. The Guardian call her the great fashion guru.

And she's consistently listed in the top people shaping the fashion industry

by the business of fashion she is a celebrity superstarist she's known for her unexpected choices

and stable of the best young actresses of our generation dressing women like gwyneth paltrow jodiody Coma, Schercer Ronan and Uma Thurman.

And when it comes to the red carpet, nobody knows more or is more successful.

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