Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-96.240.181.252-20130318191136/@comment-98.249.1.34-20150307175729

I belive this is because of the name changes mojang has added. The game thinks you are using your old name account which is no longer registered and needs the skin from your old account name. The game thinks your account's skin is Steve, thus making this bug. This is what I think atleast.