Relaxed sartorial standards aside, Mr. Codey, who made way for Gov. Jon S. Corzine last month, is hardly ready to play the deferential elder statesman.

It takes aim at the poor sartorial standards of the American male, says Mr. Davis, who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

You may have traded the city for muckier pastures, but that's no excuse for letting your sartorial standards slip.

He was too worried about survival to fret about good grooming and sartorial standards.

IT TOOK a while to adjust to the demanding sartorial standards of the North Shore.

That said, he is still suit-and-tie proper, and indeed, sets the sartorial standard for the unabashedly casual scientific staff on the museum's fifth floor.

Uptown, Mayor Dinkins remained true to his sartorial standards, arriving in black tie to be greeted by Mr. Liman with, "You needn't have dressed to come here, Dave."

The modern lounge suit appeared in the late 19th century, but traces its origins to the simplified, sartorial standard of dress established by the English king Charles II in the 17th century.

It should be evident that I applaud this call to sartorial standards for teen-agers.

Every man in her vicinity had found himself putting his best foot forward, and she had done wonders for the sartorial standards of the notoriously uncaring C1 division.