diff --git a/src/app/components/useOutfitAppearance.js b/src/app/components/useOutfitAppearance.js
index 9771a37..750769d 100644
--- a/src/app/components/useOutfitAppearance.js
+++ b/src/app/components/useOutfitAppearance.js
@@ -9,31 +9,31 @@ import { useQuery } from "@apollo/react-hooks";
 export default function useOutfitAppearance(outfitState) {
   const { wornItemIds, speciesId, colorId, pose } = outfitState;
 
-  const { loading, error, data } = useQuery(
+  // We split this query out from the other one, so that we can HTTP cache it.
+  //
+  // While Apollo gives us fine-grained caching during the page session, we can
+  // only HTTP a full query at a time.
+  //
+  // This is a minor optimization with respect to keeping the user's cache
+  // populated with their favorite species/color combinations. Once we start
+  // caching the items by body instead of species/color, this could make color
+  // changes really snappy!
+  //
+  // The larger optimization is that this enables the CDN to edge-cache the
+  // most popular species/color combinations, for very fast previews on the
+  // HomePage. At time of writing, Vercel isn't actually edge-caching these, I
+  // assume because our traffic isn't enough - so let's keep an eye on this!
+  const { loading: loading1, error: error1, data: data1 } = useQuery(
     gql`
-      query OutfitAppearance(
-        $wornItemIds: [ID!]!
-        $speciesId: ID!
-        $colorId: ID!
-        $pose: Pose!
-      ) {
+      query OutfitPetAppearance($speciesId: ID!, $colorId: ID!, $pose: Pose!) {
         petAppearance(speciesId: $speciesId, colorId: $colorId, pose: $pose) {
           ...PetAppearanceForOutfitPreview
         }
-
-        items(ids: $wornItemIds) {
-          id
-          appearanceOn(speciesId: $speciesId, colorId: $colorId) {
-            ...ItemAppearanceForOutfitPreview
-          }
-        }
       }
-      ${itemAppearanceFragment}
       ${petAppearanceFragment}
     `,
     {
       variables: {
-        wornItemIds,
         speciesId,
         colorId,
         pose,
@@ -42,16 +42,46 @@ export default function useOutfitAppearance(outfitState) {
     }
   );
 
-  const itemAppearances = React.useMemo(
-    () => (data?.items || []).map((i) => i.appearanceOn),
-    [data]
-  );
-  const visibleLayers = React.useMemo(
-    () => getVisibleLayers(data?.petAppearance, itemAppearances),
-    [data, itemAppearances]
+  const { loading: loading2, error: error2, data: data2 } = useQuery(
+    gql`
+      query OutfitItemsAppearance(
+        $speciesId: ID!
+        $colorId: ID!
+        $wornItemIds: [ID!]!
+      ) {
+        items(ids: $wornItemIds) {
+          id
+          appearanceOn(speciesId: $speciesId, colorId: $colorId) {
+            ...ItemAppearanceForOutfitPreview
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      ${itemAppearanceFragment}
+    `,
+    {
+      variables: {
+        speciesId,
+        colorId,
+        wornItemIds,
+      },
+      skip: speciesId == null || colorId == null || wornItemIds.length === 0,
+    }
   );
 
-  return { loading, error, visibleLayers };
+  const itemAppearances = React.useMemo(
+    () => (data2?.items || []).map((i) => i.appearanceOn),
+    [data2]
+  );
+  const visibleLayers = React.useMemo(
+    () => getVisibleLayers(data1?.petAppearance, itemAppearances),
+    [data1, itemAppearances]
+  );
+
+  return {
+    loading: loading1 || loading2,
+    error: error1 || error2,
+    visibleLayers,
+  };
 }
 
 export function getVisibleLayers(petAppearance, itemAppearances) {
diff --git a/src/server/index.js b/src/server/index.js
index 616ad48..8b7f482 100644
--- a/src/server/index.js
+++ b/src/server/index.js
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     appearanceOn(speciesId: ID!, colorId: ID!): ItemAppearance
   }
 
-  type PetAppearance {
+  # Cache for 1 week (unlikely to change)
+  type PetAppearance @cacheControl(maxAge: 604800) {
     id: ID!
     species: Species!
     color: Color!
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     restrictedZones: [Zone!]!
   }
 
-  type AppearanceLayer {
+  # Cache for 1 week (unlikely to change)
+  type AppearanceLayer @cacheControl(maxAge: 604800) {
     id: ID!
     zone: Zone!
     imageUrl(size: LayerImageSize): String
@@ -98,7 +100,8 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     svgUrl: String
   }
 
-  type Zone {
+  # Cache for 1 week (unlikely to change)
+  type Zone @cacheControl(maxAge: 604800) {
     id: ID!
     depth: Int!
     label: String!
@@ -109,12 +112,14 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     items: [Item!]!
   }
 
-  type Color {
+  # Cache for 1 week (unlikely to change)
+  type Color @cacheControl(maxAge: 604800) {
     id: ID!
     name: String!
   }
 
-  type Species {
+  # Cache for 1 week (unlikely to change)
+  type Species @cacheControl(maxAge: 604800) {
     id: ID!
     name: String!
   }
@@ -138,8 +143,8 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
   }
 
   type Query {
-    allColors: [Color!]! @cacheControl(maxAge: 10800) # Cache for 3 hours
-    allSpecies: [Species!]! @cacheControl(maxAge: 10800) # Cache for 3 hours
+    allColors: [Color!]! @cacheControl(maxAge: 10800) # Cache for 3 hours (we might add more!)
+    allSpecies: [Species!]! @cacheControl(maxAge: 10800) # Cache for 3 hours (we might add more!)
     allValidSpeciesColorPairs: [SpeciesColorPair!]! # deprecated
     items(ids: [ID!]!): [Item!]!
     itemSearch(query: String!): ItemSearchResult!
@@ -151,8 +156,9 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
       limit: Int
     ): ItemSearchResult!
     petAppearance(speciesId: ID!, colorId: ID!, pose: Pose!): PetAppearance
+      @cacheControl(maxAge: 604800) # Cache for 1 week (unlikely to change)
     petAppearances(speciesId: ID!, colorId: ID!): [PetAppearance!]!
-
+      @cacheControl(maxAge: 10800) # Cache for 3 hours (we might add more!)
     outfit(id: ID!): Outfit
 
     petOnNeopetsDotCom(petName: String!): Outfit
@@ -371,7 +377,7 @@ const resolvers = {
       return allPairs;
     },
     items: (_, { ids }) => {
-      return ids.map(id => ({ id }));
+      return ids.map((id) => ({ id }));
     },
     itemSearch: async (_, { query }, { itemSearchLoader }) => {
       const items = await itemSearchLoader.load(query.trim());