Verifiably Authentic.

Another one of these short-list fêtes for the routinely over-fêted.

The bartender mixes the night’s signature cocktail. Some new kind of old fashioned with the wrong kind of bourbon.

I check my watch.

Then I spot her by the door, a verifiably authentic person.

She’s wrapped in this sweater coat. A decisive tweed print that looks undeniably soft, confidently warm.

“Guess where I got this coat,” she says.

From Sophia’s closet or maybe Katharine’s? My two wild guesses.

I’m not so far off.

Houndstooth Shawl Collar Jacket (No. 6784) in 100% Italian wool. An unexpected thing made of soft, warm houndstooth tweed. Flattering hip length. Distinctive contrasting grosgrain belt and the same contrast grosgrain around yoke, pocket flat, sleeve openings, and patch pockets. Imported.