Apparel in LibEcho is defined as anything that a Person can wear. This includes clothing, jewelry, and perhaps even naughty toys in some cases.

The Apparel system also provides the Wardrobe and WornApparel classes, which is a special subclasses of GeneralInventory that only deal with Apparel. Wardrobe is a lightly modified GeneralInventory that modifies the sorting implementation to make it more clothing-specific (although it can still contain any PersistentObject, non Apparel objects will all be lumped into the “Other” category). WornApparel is used by the Person classes to track what a Person is wearing, and provides the auto-removal functionality mentioned above.

In general, you may use a Wardrobe interchangeably with a GeneralInventory with the InventoryUI macro. For the wearing and removing of Apparel by a Person, however, a modified version (ApparelUI) is provided. The left-hand inventory provided to ApparelUI should always be a Person (not a WornApparel, but the higher-level Person object that is dressing/undressing). The right-hand inventory should always be a Wardrobe.

: Document how WornApparel and Wardrobe interact as far as items technically remaining in the Wardrobe while they are worn by a Person.

An article of Apparel may occupy one or more ClothingSlots. This prevents a character from wearing a dozen coats at the same time, for example. A shirt would occupy ClothingSlot.TORSO and a pair of pants would occupy ClothingSlot.LEGS. A dress would occupy both ClothingSlot.TORSO and ClothingSlot.LEGS. The ClothingSlots occupied by an article of clothing are baked into the GenericApparel subclasses, but you may derive your own subclasses to define new types of Apparel, or override the default ClothingSlots in your object defaults JS file.

When a Person wears a particular article of Apparel, any currently worn articles that occupy the same ClothingSlots are removed. This prevents the player from equipping, say, 10 pairs of underpants at the same time.

Certain ClothingSlots can cover other ClothingSlots, concealing them. This allows a Person to, for example, hide some racy underpants under their normal clothes, or a whole racy outfit under a long coat. The details of what covers what and how are below.

In general, you probably needn't ever worry about ClothingSlots. If you just define your specific articles of Apparel using the various Apparel subclasses, all of the ClothingSlot magic will be taken care of for you well, magically.

ClothingSlot is an enumeration that describes what “slots” an article of Apparel occupies on a Person when worn. Only one article of Apparel may occupy a particular ClothingSlot.

Boxers, briefs, panties, etc.

• Covers: Nothing.
• Covered By: LEGS, TORSO (if long), OVER (if long).

Bras and such; T-shirts should use TORSO.

• Covers: Nothing.
• Covered By: TORSO (if not low - ), OVER (if not low - ).
• (Under which is - ): TORSO (if low), OVER (if low).

Socks and hosiery.

• Covers: Nothing.
• Covered By: LEGS+FEET (if LEGS are long and FEET are tall), OVER+FEET (if OVER is long and FEET are tall).

Shirts and tops.

• Covers: UNDERSHIRT, UNDERPANTS (if long), NECK (if tall).
• Covered By: OVER.

Pants, skirts, and bottoms; Socks and hosiery should use UNDERLEGS

• Covers: UNDERPANTS, UNDERLEGS (if long and FEET slot contains something tall).
• Covered By: OVER (if long).

Shoes. Socks and hosiery should use UNDERLEGS.

• Covers: UNDERLEGS (if tall and LEGS slot contains something long).
• Covered By: OVER (if long).

Coats and shawls.

• Covers: TORSO, UNDERSHIRT, LEGS (if long), UNDERPANTS (if long), UNDERLEGS (if long and FEET slot contains something tall), NECK (if tall).
• Covered By: Nothing.

Gloves.

• Covers: FINGER, WRIST (if long).
• Covered By: Nothing.

Hats and helmets.

• Covers: Ears (if long).
• Covered By: Nothing.

Earrings. Something like earmuffs probably should use HEAD.

• Covers: Nothing.
• Covered By: HEAD (if long).

Necklaces and ties.

• Covers: Nothing.
• Covered By: TORSO (if tall), OVER (if tall).

Bracelets, watches.

• Covers: Nothing.
• Covered By: GLOVES (if long).

Rings.

• Covers: Nothing.
• Covered By: GLOVES.

• Other piercing slots?
• Should there be slots for sex toys?

Apparel.GenericApparel provides the barebones base class from which all other Apparel types are derived. GenericApparel is generally unisex. GenericMenswear and GenericWomenswear derive from GenericApparel and provide barebones base classes for masculine and feminine apparel (currently mostly unimplemented).

Several specific apparel types are also provided, deriving from GenericApparel, GenericMenswear, and GenericWomenswear, which offer defaults for ClothingSlots, genericName, and other properties in some cases. These are the classes that you generally want to use in your defaults JS when you define objects.

Articles of Apparel may have various properties. Some specific apparel types implement some properties, as listed later on. All properties may be set in your defaults JS when you define objects. Even those provided by the specific apparel types may be overridden.

The “long” and/or “tall” properties interact with the ClothingSlots, providing additional concealment. For example, a turtleneck sweater might be “tall”, concealing the neck as well as anything worn beneath it on the torso. A “long” coat occupying ClothingSlot.OVER would conceal the legs as well as the torso.

The “low” property currently only applies to items occupying ClothingSlot.TORSO, and will reveal what is worn on ClothingSlot.UNDERSHIRT, unless that item is also “low”. A low-cut off-shoulder top revealing a tank top or bra worn beneath it, for example.

The “transparent” property will cause an article of Apparel to reveal whatever is worn beneath it regardless. A fishnet top or translucent wraparound, for example.

The “thin” property is used to denote tight-fitting articles of Apparel made with thin fabric. A tight-fitting t-shirt, for example. The articles of apparel worn below will “show an outline” through this article of Apparel, and will be listed with their genericName when looking at a Person, without showing the specific details of the item below. For example, wearing a “pink polka-dot bra” beneath a “tight red t-shirt” will list in descriptions as “a tight red t-shirt and a bra (printing through the tight red t-shirt),” rather than specifically as a “pink polka-dot bra”.

The generic name of an object, printed when it is obvious what the item is but no details can be seen. The most obvious example would be a bra printing through a tight tshirt being referred to as just a “bra” (its genericName) rather than a “lacy purple bra”.

The specific Apparel types all implement this property, but you may override it in defaults.

• Type: String
• Required

The specific name of the apparel, printed when the apparel can be plainly seen. “A green peacoat” or “a long floral print skirt,” for example.

• Type: String
• Required

An array of the ClothingSlots that the object occupies. Only one article of apparel my occupy a particular ClothingSlot at a time (see above). Setting this to an empty array will allow the article of apparel to be worn without occupying any ClothingSlots.

• Type: Array of ClothingSlot enumerations
• Required

The category into which InventoryUI sorts the object. If this property is omitted, it will be sorted into the “Other” category.

• Type: String
• Optional

The category into which ApparelUI sorts the object. If this property is omitted, it will be sorted into the “Other” category.

• Type: String
• Optional

If this property is true, the article of apparel will be considered “long”. Knee length long skirts and pants. Trenchcoats. Etc. See the section on ClothingSlots for more details.

• Type: Boolean
• Optional

If this property is true, the article of apparel will be considered “short”. Crop tops. Booty shorts. Minidresses. Etc. See the section on ClothingSlots for more details.

• Type: Boolean
• Optional
• Currently unimplemented

If this property is true, the article of apparel will be considered “high”. Turtleneck shirts. High-top shoes and boots. Etc. See the section on ClothingSlots for more details.

• Type: Boolean
• Optional

If this property is true, the article of apparel will be considered “low”. Off-shoulder and swoop tops. Low-rise jeans. Etc. See the section on ClothingSlots for more details.

• Type: Boolean
• Optional
• Currently unimplemented

A couple of generic Apparel types are provided. GenericApparel provides a bare-bones Apparel implementation from which which all other Apparel types are derived. GenericMenswear and GenericWomenswear provide implementations which reference the potential wearer's femininity stat to determine whether or not they can be worn, and provide some default adjustments to that stat (currently unimplemented).

Unless you are actually extending the library, you probably don't need to use any of these GenericApparel classes. If you are just using the library in your game, you're probably better off using the specific Apparel classes.

However, if you need to create an article of Apparel that does not easily fit into any of the specific types, one of the generic types may be useful to you.

This is the generic Apparel type from which all other Apparel is derived. Objects that specify this type in their defaults must also explicitly provide a ClothingSlots field and all genericName properties.

This is a generic Apparel type that will at some point provide defaults that associate it with masculine People. Depending on the type of Transformations that are enabled, People with too much femininity might not be able to equip this type of Apparel, and/or equipping it may gradually cause the Person to transform towards being more masculine.

At the current time, however, none of this is implemented, as the Transformation mechanics are still being worked on.

As with GenericApparel, objects that specify this type in their defaults must also explicitly provide a ClothingSlots field and all genericName properties.

Inherits from: GenericApparel

This is a generic Apparel type that will at some point provide defaults that associate it with feminine People. Depending on the type of Transformations that are enabled, People with too much masculinity might not be able to equip this type of Apparel, and/or equipping it may gradually cause the Person to transform towards being more feminine.

At the current time, however, none of this is implemented, as the Transformation mechanics are still being worked on.

As with GenericApparel, objects that specify this type in their defaults must also explicitly provide a ClothingSlots field and all genericName properties.

Inherits from: GenericApparel

Several specific Apparel types are provided, which ought to cover most use-cases, simplifying the structure of the defaults files. Unisex apparel has no specific masculine or feminine bent; it can be worn by anyone. Menswear and Womenswear are gender-specific clothing types and may be restricted accordingly depending on game settings and/or transformation level. Currently, all Jewelry is considered unisex, but this needs to be fixed .

Unisex short coats, jackets, etc. need to implement LongCoat.

• Inherits from: GenericApparel
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.OVER
• .genericName: “coat”
• .wardrobeCategory: Other

Unisex headgear.

• Inherits from: GenericApparel
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.HEAD
• .genericName: “hat”
• .wardrobeCategory: Other

Unisex long pants.

• Inherits from: GenericApparel
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.LEGS
• .genericName: “pair of pants”
• .wardrobeCategory: Bottoms
• .long: true

Unisex shirt.

• Inherits from: GenericApparel
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.TORSO
• .genericName: “shirt”
• .wardrobeCategory: Tops

Unisex low-top shoes.

• Inherits from: GenericApparel
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.FEET
• .genericName: “pair of shoes”
• .wardrobeCategory: Shoes

Unisex high-top shoes and boots.

• Inherits from: Shoes
• .tall: true

Unisex shorts.

• Inherits from: Pants
• .genericName: “pair of shorts”
• .long: false

Unisex socks.

• Inherits from: GenericApparel
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.UNDERLEGS
• .genericName: “pair of socks”
• .wardrobeCategory: Underwear

Men's boxers.

• Inherits from: GenericMenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.UNDERPANTS
• .genericName: “pair of boxers”
• .wardrobeCategory: Underwear

Men's briefs.

• Inherits from: GenericMenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.UNDERPANTS
• .genericName: “pair of briefs”
• .wardrobeCategory: Underwear

Women's bra.

• Inherits from: GenericWomenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.UNDERSHIRT
• .genericName: “bra”
• .wardrobeCategory: Underwear

Women's short or mid-length dress (does not cover all the way down to feet).

• Inherits from: GenericWomenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.TORSO, ClothingSlot.LEGS
• .genericName: “dress”
• .wardrobeCategory: Dresses

Women's long dress (goes all the way down to feet).

• Inherits from: Dress
• .genericName: “long dress”
• .long: true

Women's panties.

• Inherits from: GenericWomenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.UNDERPANTS
• .genericName: “pair of panties”
• .wardrobeCategory: Underwear

Women's long pants and slacks.

• Inherits from: GenericWomenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.LEGS
• .genericName: “pair of pants”
• .wardrobeCategory: Bottoms
• .long: true

Women's shirts and blouses.

• Inherits from: GenericWomenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.TORSO
• .genericName: “shirt”
• .wardrobeCategory: Tops

Women's low-top shoes.

• Inherits from: GenericWomenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.FEET
• .genericName: “pair of shoes”
• .wardrobeCategory: Shoes

Women's high-top shoes and boots.

• Inherits from: ShoesWomens
• .tall: true

Women's shorts, capris, stc.

• Inherits from: PantsWomens
• .genericName: “pair of shorts”
• .long: false

Women's short or mid-length skirt (does not cover all the way down to feet).

• Inherits from: GenericWomenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.LEGS
• .genericName: “skirt”
• .wardrobeCategory: Bottoms

Women's long skirt (goes all the way down to feet).

• Inherits from: Skirt
• .genericName: “long skirt”
• .long: true

Women's stockings and hoisery.

• Inherits from: GenericWomenswear
• ClothingSlots: ClothingSlot.UNDERLEGS
• .genericName: “pair of stockings”
• .wardrobeCategory: Underwear