Hmm, you could have just changed their original starter model to have NONE as the awake clothing and NONE as the bedtime clothing. Then just add the kind of armor to their inventory in the mod that you want them to start with. Then they will still appear to look the same as in the vanilla game when they are met with, but the player can remove all their stuff (and they will look like they are in their loin cloth undies) and then add what they want them to actually wear. It's a bit tedious in creation kit but it does work. Rather than changing any scripts.

I got all my followers to wear stalhrim except lydia, and i have OCD her rebellious nature will get her markedfordelete. she wears everything i give her but takes it off unlike the others when i leave or dismiss her. idea's?

If you want a mod that allows you to change follower gear download Tradeable Companion Gear from Nexus

Carrier of Echoes:
Wow, that's a lot of mods. Anything you find out might be useful for me or others, but don't worry about it if it's too much trouble for you to sort through everything. Any mod that works with follower inventories are likely to conflict.

TBH I have about 100 mods running so there could easily be a conflict. I'll do some experiments on her next time I play...

Carrier of Echoes:
I just tested Ulfgerd and she works fine on my side. Is she wearing any low value clothes you give her (anything lower value than her default armor)? And are you running or have you run in the past other follower mods that might conflict with this?

Great idea, pretty sure it's not working for me though - just did some item trading with Ulfgerd and noticed that her steel plate is not in her inventory for me to take it away from her. No doubt she's just too strong-willed to stand for that kind of nonsense... :)

azuzay rovin:
No, this mod only modifies the followers from the original Skyrim. However, if you're making your own followers in the Creation Kit, consider using the same method as I have done with my mod:
1) Create copies of the default clothing you want your character to wear, but change the value and armor rating of the copies to 0.
2) Create new outfits using these new 0 value apparel.
3) Assign the new outfits to your new followers.
If you do that, then your follower should wear whatever you put in their inventory in game, because everything in game is higher value than 0.

does this mod work for all followers, including the ones made in creation kit? I made a Mage follower that wont wear robes

I found out that if you choose that option he doesnt squip the armor, thats good :D

sckchui: Thanks, I will try it

katrinasieber:
I have not tested this with other follower tweaking mods, so I honestly don't know what it'll do. Based on what I understand of Amazing Follower Tweaks, what that mod does will completely override my mod if you use it, meaning my mod won't do anything if AFT is active. I'm not sure about this, and if you try it I'll be interested to know what happens. Either way, if you're already using Amazing Follower Tweaks and you're happy with it, I recommend sticking with that to manage follower outfits and not use my mod. My mod is offered as a script-free and relatively minimalist method of managing follower apparel, which I personally prefer.

What about "Amazing Follower Tweaks", it's a mod, but in it you have an option to put items in there inventory and not change there cloths if there wearing bad cloths or somthing, would it still change their cloths? Or not

I like your approach; I think I'm going to give this a try.