We should have the option to choose the "Quality Level" appearance of an item regardless of the materials used to craft it at the desired level we want. Right now, around 90% of the available armor and weapon graphics in the game are unavailable to a character of max level, since the material required to make the max level gear has only one appearance per style.
It would be wonderful to have a feature in the crafting UI that would enable the user to select the "Quality Level" appearance of an item, regardless of the materials used to create the items "actual level." This, of course, would be limited to your proficiency with that particular crafting skill.