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[Euler]

For reasons one can only speculate, adamantine can be sewn as cloth prior the wafer process, or even used to suture wounds, despite being metal. I don't mind this quirky option, and rather love some explanations, however I take issue with where the wiki explains adamantine clothing will wear out and break at the same speed as any other cloth.
The wiki gave no indication of it having any special properties at all, but I did see one post claim that adamantine clothes were as defensive as steel chainmail.

I am not alone in a desire for adamantine clothes to be unbreakable,
Related request for metal thread to have attributes unique from plant/silk thread.
Request for metal clothes to be resistant to tearing in battle as well as daily wear-n-tear
Another remark that adamantine clothes shouldn't wear out
And more that are only tangentially relevant but interesting, which I'll place in the spoiler below.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

As Toady once said,

It also makes the current notion of adamantine thread something that needs some explaining.  Since I threw the numbers in haphazardly without considering that, one can now start to come up with some sort of weird hooking together sewing thingy that the dwarves do -- either that or some miracle chemistry they do that lets them get around the raw mechanics.

Material science discussion entailing a fantastic theory of its physical behavior,

... Guys... You're all thinking about it the wrong way round... Adamantine is intended to keep demons trapped deep under the surface, demons filled with fire and hate, anger and bile...
The more energy you throw against it the stronger it gets... The harder it is to work with, untill it can't take anymore and fails, snapping...
but... when it's cooled a gental touch can peel away strands, slowly, gently, painstakingly with the patience of a dwarven craftsperson. A task no spirit of fire could manage, the heat of its form would cause the Adamantine to tighten and harden...
No frog demon could do it... Lacking fine enough motor control, plus the heat and pressure of being deep underground keeps it stiff...

You have made the mistake the gods knew the demons would... How do we defeat the material!? How can we force it to our will? More fire! More force! Hit it harder!

but the dwarves know, the secret... Have a drink, relax, get out a tweezers and slowly tease out the knotted strands bit by bit.

I do really like the non-newtonian model. It even meshes with current production trees: Strand extraction, which provides us with the base (flexible, malleable) thread, requires no fuel and happens at a craftsdorf's workshop. It can then be woven into fabric. The low-temperature, low-pressure environment of a loom allows it to retain its flexibility. Forging it into wafers begins the re-hardening process that forging it into armor finishes. Ideally, if this paradigm were officially accepted, "melting" adamantine armor would involve strand extraction rather than a smelter, starting the process over again.

Tangentially related thread about metallic spidersilk.
Tangentially related thread about damaged clothing and repairs.(only brief mention of adamantine)

So I request that adamantine clothes be immune to daily wear and tear, and preferably not wear down from battle, however I don't believe it should be as strong as steel chainmail as one person suggested. In fact, I would be content with it having as much defensive ability as leather. All that matters to me is the lastability. If it comes with great defense, I won't complain, I simply don't believe it's necessary.

[Shonai_Dweller]

No need to add new threads for existing suggestions. Just necro and add new info (says so at the top of the page).

[Euler]

Is that so? They're all several years old and when I tried to reply, it gave me the warning to be certain I want to do it, so I was pretty hesitant, and it looked like new threads for old suggestions happen plenty. My mistake.

[Shonai_Dweller]

Suggestions thread is for Toady to read and enter interesting new suggestions into whatever notebook/database he puts them in. People start new ones, ignoring the instructions, all the time, sure. Doesn't mean anything. Just makes it harder for Toady to spot relevant new info. With 20 threads on why adamantine shouldn't break, he (or more likely Zach) is only likely to read through the one with an interesting discussion going on if they need more info. More likely they'll see the thread title and say, yeah, that's in our list and move on.

Several years old means nothing in a game with a multi-decade development plan. Adamantine hasn't been looked at since those last threads were made and may not be for another 10 years or so. Doesn't make the info less relevant.

(Automated warnings can probably only be set forum-wide).

Meh, that's all just speculation of course. But they did write the instructions in the first place, so...

[DerMeister]

Also spider silk can be used like armor.