Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
With glamour, by choice.
But until you reach higher levels you're limited to job and type specific gear.
Iron works and Shire gear for example.
Higher levels like level 15?

That’s when you can unlock the quest that lets you start glamoring your gear, and a lot of the gear usable by any job is item level 1, so a level 15 character can use them if they want.