#Eric Adams pays a lot of attention to what he wears. You should, too.

Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, gives a victory speech on election night in New York, Nov. 2, 2021. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

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.”