it does not sound like to bad of an idea, a second tab could be added to the equipment screen, and have just the visible slots of your armor there, equip what you want there, and that is what will show for your character, but what you ahve in the main equipment screen is what will be used for stat calculation. If you don't have anything equipped in a slot on the second tab, then it will just show what you have equipped in the main tab. I will admit I would love to look like the DRG I want to look like if I wanted to. ;p