Having practiced law for the past 17+ years, Co-Founder, Beverly Cahill Nelson, can affirm without equivocation that success is brandished by one timeless uniform—a gentleman’s suit. A strut, a firm handshake, and a business card are all incomparable to the suit as an outward display of accomplishment. The classic ensemble conjures images of Henry Ford, Cary Grant, and William F. Buckley. It was their distinct uniform that our memories recall. The suit shapes the way that men approach their careers. It shapes the way that men approach other men. It shapes the world’s perception of the man. Despite the inextricable connection between a man and his suit, the connection is all but absent when it comes to a woman. In the context of law, the most successful female attorneys are defined as those gals who, against all odds, made partner at the big firm. Suits for those big firm, female partners? They are black, ill-fitting, hit below the knee and are always accompanied with nude pantyhose. Suits for women are uniforms not created in the spirit of engendering images of success but, rather, are created as a means to breathe life into old school notions of how women must conduct themselves in what is still a man’s world. Cue the lights and sound on a lawyer’s 180 degree pivot from law to fashion. Beverly launched Beverly|Dallas with an eye toward changing the way the world perceives a successful woman. When Beverly was a little girl, she sat at the foot of her mother’s sewing table as her mother painstakingly learned to sew dresses and tops from McCall’s patterns. Interestingly enough, Beverly’s mother was a transplant from Saigon, Vietnam, yet had never picked up a needle and thread until she moved to the United States with Beverly’s father. She wanted to learn how to sew because she loved classic American fashion. She passed on her love of style and fashion to Beverly who now makes it her mission to create a wardrobe for women that flies in the face of historical notions of how women should dress to succeed.