La Cote Sleeveless Blouse

Le Côte.

It’s noon on May 14, 1960.

Aromas from La Côte Basque are wonderfully fitting with its décor, the red leather banquettes, bright seacoast murals, and bouquets of fresh flowers: daisies, lilies, roses, daffodils.

In the kitchen, the prep work has been going on since 6 a.m.; yes, the sauces are ready. Ballets of waiters and sommeliers are everywhere, bites of Grand Marnier soufflé and talk of indiscretions in high places.

Gloria Guinness arrives with a young woman (nobody knows) wearing this white cotton tunic. Obviously perfect.

Stop… a moment of breathless silence flashes across the room. Truman has stopped at the table.

He looks them up and down, glancing around them, front and back, inspecting… finally, a brief smile with an appreciative nod.

La Côte Sleeveless Blouse (No. 6854). Button-up tunic blouse in 100% cotton poplin. Distinctive Mandarin collar and Chinese knots down center front. Picot edge trim at arm holes. Imported.