Rabbi Jochanan called his clothes "my honorers" (as per the verse
-- Exodus 28:2 - "You shall make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for
honor and beauty").
(Shabbat, 113a)
The robe [worn by the High Priest] atoned for bloodshed, the breeches atoned
for lewdness, the turban made atonement for arrogance, the belt atoned for
[impure] meditations of the heart, the breastplate atoned for neglect of civil
laws, the apron atoned for idolatry, the cloak atoned for slander, and the
crown, worn on the forehead, atoned for brazenness.
(Talmud, Zevachim 88b)
Said Rabbi Yossi the son of Rabbi Chanina: Whoever debases clothing, in the
end will not derive benefit from them. Because David cut off the corner of
Saul's garment (see I Samual, ch. 24), therefore it came to pass that when
"King David grew old, and came along in days; they covered him with
clothes, but he was not warmed" (I Kings 1:1).
(Berachot 62b)
Said Rabbi Judah: A person should sell the roof-beams of his home to buy
shoes for his feet.
(Shabbat 129a)
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