sartorial

adj

Etymology: From New Latin sartorius (“pertaining to a tailor”), from Late Latin sartor (“tailor”), from Latin sarcire (“to patch, mend”) + -ial.

1. Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.

   “His sartorial rebellions were slight: he wore jeans, for example, when giving tutorials.”

   “Suits are full of joy. They are the sartorial equivalent of a baby’s smile.”

2. Of or relating to the quality of dress.

   “In his smart suit Jacob was by far the most sartorial of our party.”

   “The UPI report noted that demonstrators sported "neon hairdos and tight leather clothes" as they blocked streets and disrupted traffic in a "Stop the City" demonstration. Sartorial descriptions were the order of the day in the UPI dispatch, as it went on to describe a protesting teenager with "pink hair and 11 earrings" and "youths with rainbow hairdos."”

3. Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.