Best Way to Create a Customize-able Character

So I have a 3D model, and I would like to be able interchange hair, tops, pants, and shoes. What is the best way to do this? I have done quite a bit of research and haven't gotten anywhere. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

So your object should have different sections(ie. head, neck, upper arm, lower arm, head, etc.)

What I've done for them is position the let's say a shoe for example as a child under the section(like left foot and right foot for example), then you can swap out the object(s) when the player changes shoes.

 

How would I make the clothes animate along with the body? That seems to be a problem.

 

Research the asset UMA. https://forum.unity.com/threads/uma-unity-multipurpose-avatar-on-the-asset-store.219175/page-182
It was made for this purpose. It is not an easy task by any means, but there are excellent tutorials in this community and a couple of artists as well who can make compatible stuff for them.

 

@Lurking-Ninja

Thank you for your help! I will definitely look into it!