Outfit Your Avatar In New Assassin's Creed Outfits And/Or DJ Gear

If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's that some ways of playing dress-up are more expensive than others. Whether it's ogling designer clothes or thrift store-hopping, purchasing garments to put on your actual, real-life body can be expensive. And what if you change sizes? Then you've got to go through the bartering mini-game to try and get a decent price back for your now-defunct clothes, otherwise they'll just take up valuable space in your pack.

Luckily for us more progressive slaves to fashion, the digital age has a solution for all these problems: clothing and accessories for your Mii Avatar! For anywhere between one and five American dollars, you can garnish your little six-inch CG clone in a variety of premium outfits, the latest of which feature some dapper hats and deadly robes from the Assassin's Creed games, as well as signature accessories and generic decks from DJ Hero. Certain items, especially the more flamboyant renaissance masks and raver-angel wings are female-only, while the hip-hop-hat-on-a-hat and oversized DJ jacket are only wearable by male Avatars. (These restrictions seem wholly unnecessary, at least until Microsoft patents and implements a gender-switching button. Though once they do I'm sure to abuse it certain weekends.)

For online clothing, the appeal is obvious! Not only can you stock your virtual wardrobe with game-related items that simply disappear when not in use, but unlike that one pair of gym shorts, these are truly one-size-fits-all! Plus, your Avatar won't be nearly as exposed to the harsh static environments inside your TV or the cold wind that whips by as you rapidly flip through XBox menus.

No word yet on whether the items in question will be available for free through simply playing the games in question, nor on the rumor of the opening of an XBox Live Goodwill Marketplace where one can find bargain clothing left behind by those trendy Avatars whose parents buy them all the new stuff.

DJ Hero, Assassin's Creed 2 Avatar clothes on XBox Live [Destructoid]