The Lady Manages.

One of the chimneys on the left wing topples into the greenhouse overnight, let's say, and Spencer and the cook haven't been paid for six months.

No need to sell the Holbein if you have this.

Add tailored pants, silk blouse, red and gold scarf, head for the City. A £50,000 loan until the Argentine bonds come due? Of course. And may I ask you to tea at Browns?

The facts: a jacket as effective as well-bred vowels, suggests an enviable insulation from mundane realities. Range: ladylike (as above) to spirited (jeans and boots). Goes through a lot, makes it look easy.

Women's Neo-Edwardian Blazer (N^o. 2010), in a supple, lustrous Italian wool blend. Clean, built-in welt flap pockets and button-free cuffs. Satin lining.

The thigh-length cut, high buttoning waist, and trim padded shoulders have an authoritative look, slightly equestrian.

Women's sizes: 2 through 18. Imported.