In previous interviews, the mayor has claimed to be a Men’s Warehouse and Century 21 client; as Brooklyn borough president, a less-svelte Mr. Adams appreciated boxy, off-the-rack silhouettes, his style sense showing to magnify at the marketing campaign path, culminating with a new ear piercing to commemorate his first day in office.
“Mayor Adams always dresses for the event or the circumstances: whether that means wearing a polo shirt, a suit, a windbreaker, or another piece of clothing that fits the occasion,” Fabien Levy, a spokesman for the mayor, mentioned in an e mail. “Mayor Adams grew up and remains true to his blue-collar roots no matter the color of the collar on his shirt tomorrow.”
Other mayors were style plates, from the dandy taste of Twenties Jimmy Walker to the restrained bow ties of David Dinkins. In previous interviews, Mr. Adams has driven again in opposition to scrutiny of his sartorial style as racially motivated, mentioning identical complaint of Mr. Dinkins’s taste on the time.
Drawn extra extensively from pictures of the mayor right through the path of his management, The Times recognized a minimum of 24 other fits or swimsuit jackets in his assortment. They vary from a floral number to be had at Walmart to a custom three-piece suit from a Manhattan-based emblem known as BMC. (Brandon Murphy, the clothier, declined to mention its worth, or whether or not the mayor had paid, mentioning buyer privateness.) Most of those fits he accessorizes with pocket squares in sun shades of white and blue or a pop of mauve and a bracelet of darkish stones from Asia and Africa he has described in interviews as a present from supporters.
Mr. Levy, the mayor’s spokesman, declined to give you the quantity of fits, jackets, ties and pocket squares within the mayor’s assortment. He famous that since adopting a vegetarian nutrition, Mr. Adams has misplaced really extensive weight, requiring new garments. Along with a handful of customized items, the mayor wears fits from DKNY, Cole Haan, John Varvatos and Suit Supply, tweaked via tailors to suit his body.