Reading through this, is a bit ridiculous, with the "fighting" that seems to be going on.
Now, wardrobes have been like this in many games and MMO's as a privilege to those that play, the game simply follows those traditions.
We shouldn't over react on this issue either, but perhaps you should ask for a way that we could get this privilege for free, limited time of course. Such as winning in an event and this could be a prize. This could perhaps be the "middle ground".
I can see how this could be frustrating, but the game must make a profit some how, and they are definitely not the first to have a wardrobe as a privilege.