Eloise Merryweather, who can be found near Zeke in all worlds of the Spiral (including Grizzleheim) has been busy learning how to stitch! For a small Crowns fee, she will allow you to transfer the Stats of one item onto the Appearance of another.
Next time you talk to her, simply select the item you want to use as the Appearance, and the item you want to use as the Stats. Click Create and you'll have a whole new outfit with the look and stats you want combined into one.
Please heed these important things to note about this process: Both items will be removed from your backpack and replaced with the new item that will be created with the Appearance and colors of one piece, and the Stats and name of the other, as you specified
The name of the item will be transferred from the Stats item, along with the bonuses The bonuses of the appearance item will completely disappear, and be overwritten by the bonuses of the stats item Once the transaction is complete, and you've purchased the item, it cannot be undone! This process costs Crowns
I bought the Guardian collection thinking I could apply that theme to my current armor set.
Is there a way to do that? If not, what is the purpose of the Guardian set and the cost of 7k crowns?
Other than stitching purposes like greyrose explained, some people also like to use gear like that for other purposes besides that like role-playing and/or parties and the like (just gotta use your imagination).