Viewerhelp:Changing your appearance

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What am I wearing?

Click the sidebar's My Appearance tab and click the Wearing tab. This shows My Appearance - Wearing.

Wearing clothes

You can wear a clothing item (or change a body part) in My Inventory - My Inventory by double-clicking the item. Its name becomes bold and (worn) appears next to it. Wait a few seconds for it to appear on your avatar. It will be fuzzy at first, then sharpen.

Can I take off body parts?

No, the Shape, Skin, Hair, and Eyes item types must always be worn. But you can wear another body part item to swap body parts of that type.

Wearing attachments

Editing appearance

You can change your basic appearance at almost any time and it's free. To open the Appearance editor, either:

  • Choose Me menu > My Appearance or
  • Right-click your avatar and choose My Appearance.

Choose an item under the Body Parts or Clothes sliders, then drag the sliders to preview changes. You can also click the preview squares to increment the sliders in values of 10. Some items have squares to change textures and tint. If you can't change an item, it's because it's no-modify.

When you're happy with changes to an item, click Save.

You can also make an outfit folder with links to everything you're wearing by clicking Make Outfit and entering a name. Outfits appear in My Appearance - My Outfits, and allow you to retrieve an avatar look quickly. For example, you can transform from casual clothes to a formal gown in seconds.

For more information, see How do I change my avatar's appearance?.


The Library

The Library is a special folder shown in your inventory. It contains stock content added by Linden Lab including useful examples of content, such as other avatar choices. You can't modify the Library. To see the Library:

  1. Click the sidebar's Inventory tab to show My Inventory - Inventory.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and double-click the Library folder to expand it.

For example, if you open the Clothing folder, you'll see various avatar folders. You can wear one of these by dragging the folder on top of your avatar inworld — but make sure you've saved your current outfit first!

Feel free to explore the rest of your library.

Animations and gestures

Animations and Gestures each

  • Wearing clothes
  • Wearing avatars/changing shape
  • Getting new clothes/avatars (shopping & unboxing too)
  • Avatar Titles (Group tags)
  • Animations