looking at those concept designs i agree there will hopefully be more flare and fantasy to the gear but look at what we have now. Take the hemp cowl and compare it to the velveteen one. they look almost exactly the same. even the texture look of the cloth is the same.

Compare that to the ones you find in the thaumaturge guild and you feel like you've entered a whole new world. The colors are brighter, the cloth texture looks as smooth as silk/satin/real velveteen, and even have designs on them. The best part is that these items technically exist in the game already. they just dont have stats on them.

so this brings me to another question. if the cool looking gear already exists in rendering and just dont have stats applied to them yet, why cant the players have access to them?