Any reason to keep clothes?

[Brian]

So I gather that once you've had a piece of clothing in your inventory, it gets stored for later use in the wardrobe. So then does it make sense to immediately sell them?

[Morão ;*]

I don't sell them, I break, better get those craft materials, clothes are worth little to no money. Only keep the clothes that add something, like bulletproof vest that has plus something in armor.

[Amanoob105]

Don't sell clothing, scrap it for upgrade parts. There's better loot options for making money by selling.

That said there are clothing items out there that do have practical effects, with a lot more options if you have the PL DLC.
Every clothing slot except the legs and feet can at least one type of item that comes with stat booting effect of some sort.
https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077_Clothing#Head

[Nar!]

I only keep specific tier 5 buffs clothes. Like the Arasaka helmet that gives you 25 armor, plus vest that also gives 25 armor. Eye wear that reduced hack upload time and a netrunner suit that helps resist hack attacks. I apply those to the main stat buff wear slots on your character menu, while wearing actual fashion wear (one of the 6). :)

You can check your character stats to see the buffs applied to your armor, etc.
Everything else I break down for components to help me level up my iconic weapons or add better tier cyberwares.

[Nachtflügel]

The buffs from clothes are minute, but not completely pointless. Clothes without buffs - scrap them. I walk around without pants and shoes, because they never have any buffs.

[Brian]

Okay cool, thanks all!

[Biggi]

oh i thought you had to have it stashed to use it in wardrobe, have a stash full of clothes xd

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by Biggi:

oh i thought you had to have it stashed to use it in wardrobe, have a stash full of clothes xd

I mean.... I do that anyway for a few items I really like, but I'm a complete packrat in any game I play.

But no, once its in your inventory it is a permanent option in your wardrobe. Whether you like it or not.
The only exception is items with some sort of practical use, where it will only be that items appearance this is in the wardrobe and not it's effect unless it is physically on your person. So it's possible some of those may be worth keeping in the stash.

[UFO]

Originally posted by Nachtflügel:

The buffs from clothes are minute, but not completely pointless. Clothes without buffs - scrap them. I walk around without pants and shoes, because they never have any buffs.

Gas mask, body armor, outdated Arasaka combat helmet, and Sir Phalstaff (that iconic...club....you get from the Militech corpo who evidently sports the ladies' edition of "Mr. Stud" cyberware)....my friend, I wasn't looking for an excuse to do a melee playthrough, but that'll do.

[edit] Shame you can't dual-wield because Phalstaff has a litte brother iconic, too. Can't remember where it is, but some crazy guy on a cliff.

[dazowx]

CDPR created a nudist colony lol