noun
Refers to clothing, garments, or the way clothes are worn, especially in traditional or formal contexts. Often used in compound terms like 衣紋掛け (clothes rack).
彼女は美しい衣紋をまとっていた。
She was dressed in beautiful clothes.
衣紋掛けにコートをかける。
Hang the coat on the clothes rack.
衣服 is the general word for clothing, while 衣紋 often carries a nuance of traditional or formal attire and is less common in everyday speech.
The kanji 衣 means 'clothing' and 紋 means 'pattern' or 'crest', but the compound 衣紋 is not a transparent combination of these meanings. The exact derivation is uncertain; it may have originally referred to patterned or formal garments.