Araminta Lee Khoo emerged from a blue Bentley Mulsanne and greeted Kitty and Jack Bing, who were waiting at the doors of their mansion. Kitty introduced Araminta to Jack as her best friend from Singapore. Araminta was one of many guests to greet them at the exclusive party they were hosting for Vogue China to celebrate Shanghai Fashion Week.

Araminta introduced Oliver T’sien to Kitty. Oliver, Araminta said, was related to practically every important family in Asia and worked as consultant at large for Christie’s, specializing in Asian art and antiquities. Kitty mentioned that Oliver should look at a horse sculpture in her library. Once they were in the library, Kitty pressed a door which led into a hidden entryway. The passage took them into Jack Bing’s private cigar lounge. Kitty relaxed and flopped down into one of her velvet Louis-Napoléon smoking chairs. She and Oliver, in fact, knew each other quite well. He was advising her and securing antiques for her. Oliver told Kitty that everyone seemed quite impressed with her party and that, after a conversation with Karl Lagerfeld, it seemed that Kitty would get to sit in the front row at his next show in Paris.