So I got 100 pickpocketing and the perfect touch perk only to find out i can't reverse pickpocket items onto an npc for them to equip it. Not sure if this is a bug or not but either way I would like to have equipping items on npcs possible on the ps3 just like fallout 3. It's too much fun re-dressing everyone lol..

You can plant items but I don't think they equip the items you give them.

They only seem to make a choice for armor that has armor rating (clothes have 0).. Would be nice if clothes atleast had 1 armor rating. This would be useful for mage followers so you can equip them with better robes, since atm they seem to ignore enchantments completely. I'd say for Novice robes it would be 1, for apprentice 2.. etc.

Well I know for sure they will switch weapons if you give them something better(arrows,solitude guard/thieves guild). I remember how much I did that in Fallout 3,ol' sheriff Simms walking around in Raider sadist armour,I made everyone in Megaton into a Raider/Brotherhood member. Haven't messed around with that too much in Skyrim,I've been too busy fighting glitches and doing quest workarounds to play with that stuff. Makes me want to try it now.

Yeah. I have a few naked kitties running around because of this (I wanted their unique alternate coloured clothes). Even after giving the kittens armour, they didn't equip it.

Strangely, Karita mysteriously found a second set of Tavern Clothes after I nicked them off her.

In my game, my followers will equip whatever the best item in their inventory is exceot for bows. But armor and weapons they equip the best thing you give them. My followers were Ebony armor and use Ebony war axes. They also where enchanted jewelry. But for some stupid reason, no matter how good of a bow I give them, they always use the long bow or hunting bow.