New Clothes
Wearing new clothes is a good omen of rising standing and a change of image. The finer the garment — silk, formal dress — the higher the honor, and being given clothes means others are seeing you in a new light. Clothes that fit well in front of a mirror signal that your current position suits you. Clothes too small or worn thin, by contrast, mirror a position that does not fit or a method gone stale.
New clothes change how you appear, so they stand for a shift in standing and position. Traditional reading took clothing as a person’s rank and read wearing fine clothes favourably. Whether it fit is the dividing line.
Readings by Situation
Wearing fine new clothes
A good sign that your position rises. Tradition read clothing of rank, like silk or formal dress, as office. A good fit you were pleased with reads more strongly still.
Being given clothes
A sign that recognition and help arrive. Tradition read receiving clothes as being entrusted with a post. Take it as a time when something is handed to you.
Clothes that do not fit
You only notice the misfit once you are in front of a mirror. Clothes are what others see, so more often than not this points at how you look to people rather than at what you can do.
Clothes soiled or torn
This reflects the fear of losing face. Tradition read damaged clothing as a signal to watch your reputation. It is not a forecast that this will actually happen.
New-clothes dreams are broadly favourable. Damaged clothing does not bring your reputation down. Read clothes that do not fit as a sign to look again at where you are.