sartorial

adjective

sar·to·ri·al sär-ˈtȯr-ē-əl

sər-,

sə-

: of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes

broadly : of or relating to clothes

poor sartorial taste

sartorially

sär-ˈtȯr-ē-ə-lē

adverb

Did you know?

It's easy to uncover the root of sartorial. Just strip off the suffix -ial and you discover the Latin noun sartor, meaning "tailor" (literally, "one who patches or mends"). Sartorial splendor has been the stuff of voguish magazines for years, and even sartor itself has occasionally proven fashionable, as it did in 1843, when Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of "coats whose memory turns the sartor pale," or in the 1870 title The Sartor, or British journal of cutting, clothing, and fashion. Sartorial has been in style with English speakers since at least 1823.

Examples of sartorial in a Sentence

They accused him of having poor sartorial taste. The wedding party arrived in sartorial splendor.

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Princess Charlene wore a pair of black, pointed toe pumps and wore sleek black leather gloves to complete the sartorial statement. —

Julia Teti, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025 However, fashion and celebrity street style is typically phase two of the sartorial trickle-down system so elegantly exposed in The Devil Wears Prada, which means we, the consumer, are next. —

Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2025 New tailors are upending sartorial traditions and pushing the boundaries of bespoke menswear. —

Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025 Known for her independence, the two-time first lady has not often used her wardrobe choices to focus on American brands or to make any larger sartorial statements. —

Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sartorial