Interesting note about clothes that can also disappear:
1. The Nazgul were wearing clothes underneath their black robes even though only the black ropes showed!
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Immediately, though everything else remained as before, dim and dark, the shapes became terribly clear. He was able to see beneath their black wrappings. There were five tall figures: two standing on the lip of the dell, three advancing. In their white faces burned keen and merciless eyes: under their mantles were long grey robes; upon their grey hairs were helms of silver; in their haggard hands were swords of steel.
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All the more reason to believe that a Ring of Power grant the clothes invisiblilty, provided that they are still wearing them when they "faded".
2. The crown and armour that the Witchking put on is clearly after he became "faded" since Eowyn could figure out where his head is to chop. This would mean that the Witchking, either removed the clothes that he had been wearing before being faded, or had put on additional armour and crown.
Back to my favorite topic: I believe I had three theories as to why the clothes of Trolls turn into stone with them:
1. Trolls, being such brutal creatures by nature, skinned other trolls to manufacture their big clothes. Since troll leather is part of a troll's body, the cloth too would turn to stone when sunned.
Note to self: never sun a washed troll-leather T-shirt.
2. Trolls, being part of Professor Morgoth's ingenious robotics development project(which failed miserably in Artificial Intelligence), are crudely manufactured of rock... with "pockets" and unkempt holes in their body for keeping of stuff. So when sunlight make contact with their entire body, the "pockets" also harden, preventing entry.
3. Trolls themselves invented a form of sun-dried cement for clothing themselves. This cement apparently stick to their body and provide storage as well.
Note to self: Never sun-tan after a mud-bath.
Anyone has better theories? Thanks for the replies!