New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani raised eyebrows during a press conference on his first weather emergency.
But it wasn’t over anything he said or his plans to handle the massive snowstorm that hit the region. It was his “arsenal of very sick jackets,” according to GQ, which noted the city’s socialist mayor was seen sporting “an extremely GQ garment: a personalized Carhartt jacket.”
“Featuring a curlicued midcentury ‘The City of New York’ logo on the chest and ‘Mayor’ in bold across the left bicep, the jacket was custom-embellished by the Bushwick, Brooklyn-based company Arena Embroidery,” the outlet explained.
“No problem too big. No task too small,” was embroidered on the collar of the jacket.
Designer Rocco Arena told GQ he only had one week to come up with the embroidered jacket after a mutual friend connected him with Mamdani’s office.
At a press conference for this past weekend’s snowstorm, @NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani wore a personalized Carhartt jacket with a quote embroidered on the collar: “No problem too big. No task too small.” https://t.co/FkU3xPIfcy pic.twitter.com/L45Hjui1LI
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) January 28, 2026
The socialist mayor was seen in the same jacket, Carhartt’s “Full Swing Steel” canvas jacket in black, in photo ops as he shoveled snow in several NYC neighborhoods.
“And if you’re wondering why the mayor’s office would go through the trouble to secure splashy new outerwear for Hizzoner to wear during a January blizzard, it’s because there’s some precedent for extreme weather begetting high-visibility political events. Snowstorms have long been an aptitude test for New York City mayors, and this particular one put Mamdani’s capacity for dealing with big problems to the test,” GQ noted.
Herewith @NYCMayor’s winter storm custom @Carhartt https://t.co/X9kydKcnfN pic.twitter.com/FAECcJLFyH
— Myles Miller (@mylesmill) January 27, 2026
Evidently, Mamdani’s attire has been getting plenty of attention since his swearing in earlier this month, with eyes on his jackets, including a green “Department of Sanitation” jacket and an “Emergency Management” jacket.
Looks like The Boy @NYCMayor has a designer fitted fleece winter jacket collection. Each one, with colors selected by his mother, is finely embroidered with his name and the logo of a department he’s running into the ground.
And they called @ericadamsfornyc a fashionista. pic.twitter.com/GWNhyEJDsA
— SCOOCH דוד (@david_sivella) January 24, 2026
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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