Secret Language.

10 a.m., undisclosed location, Beverly Hills. The director doesn’t think you’re right for the part. Too timid. You walk into the lobby wearing your oversized glen plaid blazer with jeans. Conversations about true crime docs and the time you changed a flat tire in Lone Pine. Now the shoe is on the other foot. The script isn’t that good.

5 p.m., Christie’s. The lady from the Czech Republic thinks she can bully you out of Newton’s Principia. You bid hard and fast, knocking her legs out from under her. Didn’t she best you last month for Einstein’s cocktail napkin equations? This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

11:39 a.m., heading East on Waverly. Late for your philosophy lecture on truth and paradox. But why? Because you didn’t know what to wear? No. Because four people stopped to compliment your bold choices. Sometimes you just can’t win. Or did you?

Secret Language Blazer (No. 6435). Oversized 55% linen, 45% cotton yarn-dyed glen plaid. Breathable and handsome, but it’s the oversized fit that makes a statement. Just roomy enough to be unpredictable. Two-button front. Two flap pockets. Classic glen plaid check. Imported.

*Model is 5' 10” and is wearing a size 2.