A better way to do this would just be to remove appearances from gear entirely and have glamour be added to character customization like in MMOs I've played with ACTUAL customization. but I doubt the way FFXIV is programmed that it would ever happen. Great game but comparitively poor customization to what I'm used to. Of course I got used to the industry gold standard of customization, even if it was in an obscure game which had nothing else going for it.