In Paris, she’s always precisely
tailored.
In the Caribbean, she’s unbuttoned
chic.
When I met her last winter at Le Square,
surveying the day’s crop of yachts in Gustavia harbor, she was wearing this
nontouristy number. 
“Are those some kind of chrysanthemum?”
Solange frowned slightly and smiled at the
same time, a complicated expression. “They only grow in the imagination,
Peterman.”
The waiter brought chilled Amer
Picon and a copy of Le Monde, which she sprinkled with lavender water.
“One must keep the world at a certain distance,
n’est-ce-pas?”
Something in me can’t get enough
of this woman.
Stylized Floral Caftan (No.
2194), originally found in the Marais. Cool, comfortable cotton, with
14" side slits, piped neckline, side-seam pockets. Uncommon and
self-confident; you could wear it to go shopping for urgently needed diamonds on
the rue de la République.
Size: One size fits
most.
Color: Blue, Grey, and Pale Green on
Cream.
Price: $79.
