‘Everything About You Must Say Power’

New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams, pays a lot of attention to what he wears. You should, too.

Six years ago, Eric Adams, then Brooklyn borough president, stood onstage at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn and thundered his commencement advice at the soon-to-be graduates.

He exhorted them to “reach for the stars.” “You are lions,” he told them. They should always say to themselves, “I am possible.”

But, he warned them, while you’re doing all that, do not forget, “When you play where the big boys and the big girls play, everything you do people watch.”