Edge confirms it: in GTA 6 your outfit is evidence, and your partner is the other half of the description

My thesis, up front: yesterday I said your outfit is evidence. Today Edge showed it is only half the description. The other half is who you are standing next to. The facts below come from Edge's preview. The fashion advice is my opinion, and I will mark it.

I'm Ruby. Twenty-four hours ago I wrote that your outfit might change how Leonida treats you. I did not expect Edge to answer half of it the next day.

What is confirmed

Edge reports: the police work from a description. When they are looking for you, they track three things: your clothes, your vehicle, and whether Jason and Lucia are together. Icons on screen show what they know.

Edge reports: you can break the description. Split up, change clothes or drop your weapon, and you are harder to recognise.

Edge reports: what you carry is part of the look. A shotgun slung across your back changes how ordinary people react to you. Some step back, some run, some square up.

Seen in Edge's screenshots: a tattoo session with local gang members, biker gangs, and nightlife. Rockstar has not said whether tattoos count towards a description.

What it means: dress as a pair, then undress as one

My opinion, clearly labelled. The detail that matters most to me is the third one. Jason and Lucia are a description together. A couple is easier to spot than a person. Which means coordinated looks are a risk.

Here is how I would dress for a job, based on what Edge describes:

• Do not match. A couple in matching colours is one description. Two people in unrelated outfits, walking apart, are two strangers.
• Layer for the change. A jacket or overshirt you can lose after the job is the fastest outfit change there is. Wear the loud piece on top, and the quiet piece underneath.
• Plain beats pretty after dark. Vice City nights now last longer, Nelson told Edge. A neutral outfit disappears into a club queue. A sequinned one does not.
• Keep the statement pieces for the days off. The Vintage Vice City looks and the Ultimate Edition's Vice City Style set are for being seen. Wear them when being seen is the point.

Tattoos are the one thing you cannot take off

My opinion. The tattoo screenshot is the one I keep looking at. Clothes come off; ink does not. If the police ever start describing tattoos, the parlour becomes a decision with consequences. Rockstar has not said that it does. But a game that tracks your jacket has given itself every reason to notice your forearm. Choose your sleeve like you might have to explain it.

Where this leaves my question

Yesterday I asked whether Leonida's people, not just the police, will read your clothes. Edge does not say so directly. But it does say people react to what you carry and to what they have seen. Clothes are the first thing anyone sees. I am staying with my bet.

Eve has the other side of the couple today, the four-point relationship scale, and Six has the full Edge write-up.