In fairness I do see why it'd be a problem. The flowerfalls or the seasonal apparel for example would be perfectly fine, since those don't care for the dragon's outline at all, but something like the Companion Comet or the Gloomwillow Guide for example would cause uproar, and for good reason. It WOULD be unfair if some flights could have festival apparel on their ancients but not others, and not all flights have had a floating copypaste festival apparel. (Which staff seems to not wanna do anymore, after being accused of laziness.)

But I agree that letting us equip this floating apparel but not that one would lead to a lot of drama and yelling.

So as sad as it is, I think not allowing any apparel at all was good in the end.