Is there any reason why the tailoring dummies found in the New Character area aren't available in the main module? They're quite simply amazing - even though they lack the full palate of colors.
Quite frankly, I hate the 'dyes'. I hate everything about them. I hate they fact that the only readily accessible ones are Degannwy and the Vistani camp - which specialize in leather browns and fuchsias, respectively. I hate that even once I get to Dementlieu - as the dye person in Barovia won't even SELL to non-humans - I still have no idea what whatever color I pick will actually look like on my clothing - and there's only five chances to get it right! Here's how that always goes down.
"Two 'metal' options - oops! What you wanted 'silver' was cloth 2, not 1. Now redo 1 back to 'red' and set 2 appropriately. Oh no, you used up all the charges on your 'red'. Remember if it was light cardinal red, or crimson stardust, or cinnamon paprika? No? Have fun spending 5 years and 5 k tracking down which it was!"
The saddest thing is, as I've mentioned, you have the perfect (or as close to perfect as I've seen on any server) tool available to make this hassling hassle nearly hassle-free! I've seen it! I've used it!
Now, yes, with such a wonderful resource we may put dozens of NPC merchants out of business. A tragedy, but these are harsh economic times for the digital proletariot. Here's the thing - I don't feel like 'role-playing' dying clothes. Ever. I want to imagine when whoever made the armor, they made it using fabric instead of blank canvas paper. It adds nothing to my atmosphere to spend 200 on a trip to the Mist Camp, then Dementlieu, then spend 85 gold per dye attempt (never get the color right the first time, either) just to have my character look like she should have in the first place. I think most people would agree with me on this point. Those of you who want to role-play dying clothes? You're boring. Also, nothing's stopping you from doing just that even if the infinitely better system were implemented somewhere.
If we can all agree that the role-play focus should be on the characters -- and not an MMO-style grindfest in altering the appearance of the character -- I would even offer that such mirrors could be made in the OOC lounge, so as not to distract people within the actual module itself with rainbow glitzing wardrobes.