How many times have we seen a players with a really good looking armor or weapon, and then have lost a lot of time searching the wiki trying to find it? You can always whisper them, but what if it is how they dyed it what you are interested in? Most likely they won’t stop to give you a full explanation.
My suggestion is a feature, much like the preview system, which you can use on another character to see what items and dyes they are using. Not the stats (that would probably generate elitism and discrimation) but the skins. It could have a way to change that character model with yours, to see how it looks on you too.