Personally I'm more of a fan of just making the general gear in the game cool looking and not bother with such a pointless concept as vanity slots in general. Wouldnt that be what gear changing macros are for? When you're just hanging out, where what you think it cool...Then when its time to get things done, swap out to your useful gear.

If you dont like the gear you're wearing but you have to wear it, well...welcome to life. Sometimes you have to do things because its required, not because you want to.