Avatar issue

[mirbaz]

I got a new complete avatar but just about everything in it has a shape icon, so nothing comes on, it can wear its own hair which for some odd reason is undetachble but can be got rid of by decreasing volume in appearence, and it can wear other hair and other clothes but none of its own appear nor do they get the bold text in inventory when worn.

The only things that come on and their text gets bold is the skin, shape, eyes and hair all their own icons, besides that it has trousers, jacket,  shoes all of which have a shape icon and dont appear when worn nor does their text get bold, theres a;so underwear and socks with their own icons or maybe shape icon, but dont come on nor the text gets bold.

[Abigail Longmeadow]

There are several different kinds of hair. The oldest is system hair, which is built into the avatar. You can't remove it, but the shape editor in Appearance can make it so small it can not be seen. More modern types of hair are attachments that are added on. These 'wigs' come in several types: Flexi prim, sculpty, mesh, rigged mesh.

Normally you can just right click any attachment in your inventory and Wear it (use Add if there is already something attached to the same point you don't want to remove).

System items are basic parts of your avatar that can not be removed, but can be replaced. Skin, shape, eyes, hairbase. 

Once you have an account, your avatar can become or wear just about anything.