Julius “Eddie” Lofton’s family has been in the tailoring business since 1939.
Lofton remembers as a kid riding around on the conveyor belt at the shop while his grandfather worked. When Lofton was about six, he realized he was small enough to reach into the soda machine to hand out free drinks to employees and customers. His grandfather,
JC Lofton, understandably, didn’t love that plan.
“I didn’t know what I was doing. I thought I was helping people,” Lofton laughed.
Eddie Lofton, owner of JC Lofton Tailors, poses with a photo of his grandfather at the checkout counter of his store in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Julia Benbrook)