The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to follow, go after smb. → to suit (of clothes etc.) 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Semantic evolution
language 1		Anglo-Norman
language 2		English
lexeme 1		suite
lexeme 2		suit
meaning 1	pursuit (act of pursuing)
direction	→
meaning 2	(said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item, transitive); to be suitable or apt for one's image
reference		OED
comment		Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute 'pursuit (act of pursuing)', originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from Latin sequi 'to follow', because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together.