Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-96.23.132.23-20131229175811/@comment-14027812-20131229180952

Talk to them, select "I need to trade something with you" (or something like that); then a table will be open. Scroll down the table to your inventory, select the item you want to give them and use the button detailed at the bottom of the screen to give it to your follower. Take note that followers will only equip items that are better than their current equipment. Hope this helps.