If we were to mix armor pieces, will most of the combinations look [censored]?

Off topic, will we be able to equip one gauntlet or spaulder like in Morrowind? Or will it be like Oblivion in that sense?

-Sigh-
i miss Morrowind......

Probably. That is what happens when you wear things that don't go together. They clash. The only way to not have this limitation is to remove the armor stats and have clothing be purely cosmetic like in Fable. Since I'm sure most of us don't want that you will have to suffer with the rest of us

In the trailer, you can see that Dovahkiin has a pauldron on his left shoulder, but not his right shoulder. Which screams to me that Pauldrons are two separate pieces again.

Or one could infer that pauldrons were added to the main armor, and that particular armor only has one pauldron as a stylistic approach.

They could make it look good by letting you dye your armor.

^This. Fallout had asymmetrical armour pieces with only one shoulder pad, so I imagine Skyrim may take the same approach.

They have mix matched armor for sure.

Hmm... I have a hard time imagining my Orcish Armor being pink?

I found it quite annoying in Morrowind when I couldn't find some of the pices of armor that matched. So if I wanted to have the best protection my character had to look like a clown...

thats fallout it is supposed to look pieced together
also if you look at the wallpaper the pauldren is on the right, in the trailer it is on the left

I seriously will be disappointed if I can't wear only a left pauldron and gauntlet. (gladiator style)

I really hope you can wear armor on only one side. Further, I hope the armor's protective ability depends on where your opponent strikes you.