If you were told before accepting the clothese that you'd have to pay for them and accepted them with that knoweldge or understanding, you'd have to pay for them: in that case, you would have agreed to pay for the clothes.But if you never were told you'd have to pay for them before being given them, it would have been reasonable to think they were a gift or a bonus, or simply an expense the company bore for its own benefit (e.g. so you'd look better in meetings). If they gave you clothing without at the time telling you that you'd have to pay for it, they cannot after the fact require you to pay; they can't retroactively turn what would, under the circumstances, have seemed to be a gift or bonus into a loan or advance. Rather, to obligate someone to pay or repay, the person must have agreed to the terms in advance. d on what you write, you do not appear to owe for the clothing. That does not mean, by the way, that they could not try to sue you for the money--almost anyone can file a suit for almost anything--but based on what you write, you would appear to have a good defence to liability.