hwl gear is not needed for 60, the epic i would worry about but alot of gear in TBC is way better then the new content. if you level up tailoring it will take some time but shadow spec or fire spec tailors both have good bonuses .

as you want to pvp you can always spend a bunch of pvping in the 29,39,49,59 brackets collecting honor points and such. Right now 39 has some pretty good play .


Good luck ,