Three years ago, on a fateful night in mid-November, two women in media walked into an early screening of Knives Out. They didn’t know each other, but they sat side-by-side, ready to take in the buzzy new movie from director Rian Johnson. They were enjoying the movie—the twists and turns, the A-list cast, the ridiculous accent used by Daniel Craig—when, suddenly, Chris Evans appeared on screen in a cozy, well-loved, cream-colored, cable-knit sweater. One woman gasped, and whispered, very softly and tenderly, “Sweater.” The other heard her, chuckled to herself, and resolved to tweet about it for social clout after the film.

That, dear reader, is the story of how Nicolle Gallucci and I, Anna Menta, became friends — and later co-workers, through the power of one very good sweater. Nicole—much to my delight and only slight embarrassment—found my tweet and revealed herself to be the sweater whisperer.

“The only reason I recognized you on Twitter is because I had to look over and be like, ‘I’m so sorry, can I please go to the bathroom?’” Nicole tells me now over Zoom. “But I’m so happy I did that, because that’s how I knew it was you!”

Thus began a beautiful social media friendship, which mostly consisted of Nicole and I DMing each other links as news of the fabled Chris Evans sweater grew and grew and grew. The Hollywood Reporter interviewed costume designer Jenny Eagan about it. Extra asked Evans about the sweater on the red carpet. A…