The purpose of the present study was to examine relationships between materialism, BESC, and status consumption with two clothing‐related behavior outcomes: clothing involvement and clothing brand loyalty. The theoretical literature proposes that materialism, brand engagement, and status consumption motivate much consumer behavior, establish positive relationships between materialism and domain‐specific marketplace outcomes. Our study used a new, psychometrically sound measure of materialism and a new measure of BESC along with a well‐established measure of consuming for status to operationalize the focal constructs. The results of the study confirm and support previous studies that show that the three focal concepts are positively related to each other. In addition, the findings suggest materialism and status consumption have positive relationships with clothing involvement, and brand engagement and status consumption are positively related to brand loyalty for clothing. Taken as a whole, the model shows that these three related motivating constructs are important influences on specific consumer behavior outcomes.