The simple, modest garments may not look like much to the secular eye, but the stretchy knit gives and moves with the body, which is a step forward within the clerical community.
Banning women from wearing burkinis or other modest garments in public "goes against democracy and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in every way," Nekkaz told The Huffington Post.
Prices are somewhat modest, with many garments in the $150 to $350 range.
In practice this is likely to mean modest, loose-fitting garments and "a sports hijab", a scarf covering the hair but not the face.
As many experts have pointed out, modest investments in the garment industry, and trade preferences for it, could swiftly employ many thousands of Haitians and accelerate foreign investment.
The modest egret emblazoned on the garments worn by an official of the sixth civil rank, for example, contrasts with the robe of the Imperial High Commissioner, Qiying.
But there were also straightforwardly tailored garments made from modest materials (mainly corduroy), in sensible proportions, as well as shearling coats that might as well have "Christmas present" printed on the lapel.
What's driving the demand for garment workers is a modest but significant reshoring of apparel production.
A Scout's Evolution Some 70 years ago, Garfinkel, the son of a Manhattan garment worker, was a modest high school basketball player at the now defunct Barnard School for Boys in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
"It's just a garment to suit a modest person, or someone who has skin cancer, or a new mother who doesn't want to wear a bikini" she says.
