Patrons president Carolyn Payne looked like a model herself, sporting a sophisticated black-and-white ensemble.
It was followed by the "glowPhone" and the "flyPhone," which sported more sophisticated features, such as media players, but maintained the same commitment to parental control over incoming and outgoing calls.
And we love how it has evolved throughout the years, as stars like Nicole Richie, Rihanna and Ginnifer Goodwin have sported the sophisticated 'do on the red carpet.
Technology is also becoming a part of regular sports practice: Sophisticated high-tech equipment is now accessible for amateurs to measure individual athletic performance.
Twitter's Periscope sports a sophisticated interface and a number of aesthetic advances.
That was more obviously ironic and sophisticated, and sported more self-consciously with the faux-amateur effect.
Alcohol is being marketed through increasingly sophisticated avenues, including direct marketing (e.g. podcasting, cell phones), mainstream media, and via sporting and cultural events.
Outdating more dominant (and imported) sporting traditions like cricket and field hockey, kabaddi – a mix of red rover, wrestling, and tag – was long considered a pursuit of the underclasses, a dusty, pre-modern relic devoid of the glitz, spectacle, and revenue of sophisticated, contemporary sport.
Today Goldman sports one of the most sophisticated electronic pricing engines in the world.
Over the ensuing decades this functional piece of sportswear kit migrated off the courts to become a symbol of sophisticated sporting style.
