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Power Luncher Henry Kissinger Is No Fashionista

The former Secretary of State has no time for sartorial chit chat

by
Jonathan Zalman
January 05, 2016
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Henry A. Kissinger in New York City, June 4, 2011. Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images
Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images
Henry A. Kissinger in New York City, June 4, 2011. Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images

The New York Times ran a very New York Times style feature today in which journalist John Ortved interviewed rich people who lunched at the Four Seasons Restaurant in Manhattan, which will close in July. Among those in attendance over time were “domestic Goddess” Martha Stewart, and Tablet contributor Leon Wieseltier, who lunched with Henry Kissinger. The men both had the white truffle risotto. Wieseltier wore a Zegna jacket with Levi’s, and boots from Ft. Worth, Texas. Kissinger? He had no clue thank you very much:

May I ask you where your suit is from?
My what?



Where did you get your suit?
I have no idea.



How was lunch?
I think we’ve done enough.



O.K. Thanks so much.

Oh, Henry.

Jonathan Zalman is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn.