Article: Sports clothes: designer Cary Mitchell shuns the limelight, working behind the scenes to train athletes to dress for success.

The cellular phone in Cary Mitchell's downtown Charlotte condominium rings for, oh, the 10th or 11th time this half-hour. Mitchell, planted on a den sofa, leans forward to pick it up. He studies the digital display to find out who's on the other end. Some calls he takes, some he doesn't. This one he takes.

"What's up, Shareef?" he says, his voice slipping into a lower, more casual mode. "Yeah, yeah. Right. Did you get that box? Good. All right. Bye."

Mitchell clicks off the phone and lays it on a table. He apologizes for the delay, but the call was from a client who had recently ordered suits from Charlotte-based Cary Mitchell Designs, the clothing ...

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