Originally Published in The Real Deal
Published on: Jul 8, 2023
Ari Rastegar pulled up to the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin looking like a head of state. A two-man video crew filmed his arrival, in a blacked-out Escalade chauffeured by his chief of staff. Rastegar’s Lady Bird, his wife and creative director Kellie, walked behind him, impeccable in white, trailed by a social media manager with a makeup wand in tow. Rastegar, short, with ramrod posture and fresh-from-the-salon hair, sported a suit vest and pants by Martin Greenfield, tailor to six presidents from Donald Trump to Barack Obama to, fittingly, Lyndon Johnson.
