Sixth Annual Garden Tea - Tickets on Sale Soon!
Thu, Jun 04
|19 Stephen Mather Rd
This year we welcome author Allison Pataki to speak about her new book It Girl, on shelves March 10. Join us for lunch in the garden, plus raffles, prizes, and more as we celebrate America at the turn of the 20th century and the women who broke barriers. Tickets on sale soon!
Time & Location
Jun 04, 2026, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
19 Stephen Mather Rd, 19 Stephen Mather Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA
About the event
A sweeping, sensational novel of America’s first “It Girl,” whose dramatic journey to center stage echoes through the decades—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
“As stunning as the incomparable leading lady who inspired it . . . unputdownable, with a twist that will leave you breathless.”—Emily Giffin
At the dawn of the twentieth century, New York’s streets teem with change: electricity, automobiles, the brash young President Teddy Roosevelt—and the It Girls. As artists’ muses and working models, these independent young women soar to stardom not because of their pedigrees or inherited wealth, but because of their talent, charisma, and irresistible beauty. Pop culture is born, and in a world alight with Mr. Edison’s new bulbs, no one shines brighter than America’s sweetheart, Evelyn Talbot.
But the journey to stardom is not simple or straight. While working as a shopgirl, the young Evelyn…