A soft and vulnerable intelligent underwater species, you can consider them closely related to Earth's octopus - in the way chimps are closely related to humans.

Consider that clothing is often worn for:

• Status
• Warmth
• Modesty

What kind of clothes would work best for underwater? Assume human-like sense of touch when deciding what would be comfortable. Preferably it could also help protect against colder temperatures if desired. Lastly, it should preferably be storable in a closet-like structure for amounts of time similar to human clothing.

A soft and vulnerable intelligent underwater species, you can consider them closely related to Earth's octopus - in the way chimps are closely related to humans.

Consider that clothing is often worn for:

• Status
• Warmth
• Modesty

and, if possible, should last at least 3 months within sea-water without decomposing.

What kind of clothes would work best for underwater? Or, if you don't think octopus society would use clothing for the above points, what would they do/use instead?