Wait, you mean that the gi shows up when properly equipped regardless of what you have chosen from your wardrobe as your appearance?
Hm, I am not seeing this. I've tried on several races and both male and female, indoors and out, but am seeing the correct equipped appearance gear with the Gi of the Ashen Artisan equipped on the ones I've tried. Maybe it's very specific to an item.
After I logged out and rebooted everything from the modem to the router to my PC, the problem went away. Weird!