馬子にも衣装

まごにもいしょう

anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver

Also written 馬子にも衣裳

Meanings

Expression
anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driverproverb

Example sentences

馬子まごにも衣装いしょうだな。

Clothes make the man.
へえ、今日こんにちはおしゃれじゃない。馬子まごにも衣装いしょうてのはこのことだね。

Look at you - all scrubbed and dressed. They say the clothes make the man.
あらまあ、馬子まごにも衣装いしょうとはこのことだねぇ。スーツ着きると結構けっこう格好かっこいいじゃん。

Well, it's just like the proverb "fine feathers make a fine bird". You look really good when you wear a suit.