At Eric Adler, we make clothing solely for members of the male sex. We decided to make an exception when the mayor of Nashville expressed interest in having her first bespoke jacket made.  Recently The Tennessean of Nashville wrote an article describing Mayor Megan Barry’s fashion crush on local designers like EA.

It all started with fitting at our old studio in Green Hills. I drew up a series of designs and selected a book of fabric curated for this special encounter.

After researching her wardrobe, I realized that she has been openly expressive about her choice of fashion color: black. It was our goal to get her to step out of her box. When I presented her with the fabric selections I hoped that she would choose a brilliant Cobalt blue fabric, but in the end, she chose a beautiful dark grey cashmere wool that has a slight heathered appearance.

It was settled. The Mayor decided on a simple, classic and clean, knee-length design with a mandarin collar. Pictured below is a detail shot of the collar as Jason and I finished everything.

Below is a detail shot of the jacket’s inside. You can see the hand-sewn pic-stitch detail in red, the custom “Made For” label hand-sewn in black, and the black paisley lining and the heather grey fabric.  The red stripe is the selvage edge and indicates that it’s high-quality cashmere worsted wool made in Italy.

After one fitting I finished the jacket and turned it in with pride and a sense of accomplishment. Here’s a picture in the Mayor’s office during her second fitting.

HERE’S A LINK to the story in the newspaper.

Here’s a link to the video where the Mayor models her bespoke local fashions.

http://tnne.ws/2anWaep

Thank you to Lizzy Alfs of the Tennessean. Follow her on Twitter at @lizzyalfs