“Dress is a really powerful life tool,” notes Langton Willms. The owner of menswear store Gerhard Supply learned the symbols parceled up in cloth early in life. “I definitely got my flair for dress from my mother,” he says. Her appreciation for good fabrics and cuts was passed on. “I noticed the impact dressing well had on getting jobs,” he says. It only made sense that the fashion-conscious teenager would eventually end up working in the industry.
