In the Universe, where there are hundreds of planets inhabited by people, there is a world where clothing is the main thing in the lives of its inhabitants, their religion, science and art. This is the planet Kayan, whose inhabitants have achieved such mastery in the art of making clothes and wearing them that to other people they began to seem either geniuses or crazy.

The events described in the novel began with the fact that one the enterprising petty swindler Realto Mast found out that on one of the lost planets a Kayan merchant ship crashed, carrying clothes that were extremely highly valued in other worlds, although they were considered forbidden. The Kayan's clothing seemed to have magical properties. Depending on what you wear, you can transform yourself unheard of...