Trained as a lawyer, Mr. Mendelsohn quit his job last year to found Tipsy Elves with Nick Morton, a college friend who helped raise a modest grubstake for a Christmas sweater company with no distribution network and no design staff.
On this day, Ms. Jameson had on a modest blue cashmere Louis Vuitton sweater, jeans and pink patent leather Louis Vuitton boots, along with as a 9 1/2-carat diamond wedding ring and a 13-carat canary diamond from her husband.
My dark sweater, I was sure, was modest, but without a yarmulke, I felt like an interloper.
The NPD Group, which gathers apparel data from retailers as well as consumers, predicts that fall suit sales will increase no more than 5percentt -- a modest gain compared with the 13percentt increase for sweaters in 1999.
Although the clothes are discounted 25-40% off regular store prices, they're produced with less frills: Instead of a 100% cashmere sweater, you'll find a more modest cashmere-cotton blend.
Meanwhile, softly curling hair hugs her head, wire-rimmed glasses circle her wise eyes, and comfortable sweater-and-skirt sets comprise her modest wardrobe.
The customers for tweedy suits, mildly dandy with four-button cuffs, modest moleskin pants or vivid-colored corduroy trousers and solid sweaters are known by class-conscious Brits as "Sloanes" or "Sloane Rangers".
I always learn new things". A tall, unassuming man with a soft-spoken manner who wore sweater vests and tweed jackets, Williams began with modest plans for his career.
Walker, the son of a minister, came from modest circumstances and cultivated a regular guy image, with jokes about his $1 sweater from discount retailer Kohl's.
If a sweater is to be mailed overseas the tax is deducted and postage added, which can result in a modest saving.
