In his novel "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship," Johann Wolfgang von Goethe reflects the overarching social change from the aristocratic order of the Rococo to the bourgeois society through the developments of numerous individual characters. The study deciphers, methodically drawing on the semiotic works of Roland Barthes, the vestimentary subtext of the novel. The significance of clothing, disguise, and nudity is interpreted in the context of the multifaceted dress discourses of Goethe's time.