He is established as being born into wealth, with a wide range of important connections and some amount of success in his own right (though not as much as he would like). He is also given a decent share of his late father's one hundred million dollar estate in Immaculate Concepcion (1998).
Sheffield tells Fran that she can buy whatever she wants, as she is "now a wealthy woman" because she married him. But, time and again, Sheffield is portrayed as a middling Broadway producer who passed on Hair and Cats, and is constantly trying to get others to help finance his productions. It has been a regular point of contention since the start how he can afford his house, a butler, nanny, limo, private school for his kids and luxuries.
Sheffield tells Fran that she can buy whatever she wants, as she is "now a wealthy woman" because she married him. But, time and again, Sheffield is portrayed as a middling Broadway producer who passed on Hair and Cats, and is constantly trying to get others to help finance his productions. It has been a regular point of contention since the start how he can afford his house, a butler, nanny, limo, private school for his kids and luxuries.
After Maxwell rips the bottom of Fran's nightgown off, the bottom of the shortened skirt has a visible stitched hemline.