Also you see the fouffy circle skirt thing? That’s called a tonlet, and it existed for a good reason. Basically armored pants have to have have joints so they can move, and joints mean gaps and gaps mean "OW MY KNEE/THIGH JOINT THE NAME OF WHICH I CAN’T REMEMBER, YOU STABBED IT WITH A SWORD AND/OR SPEAR!”
You know what doesn’t need joints so you can move? A bitchin’ metal version of Christian Dior’s new look. So if you were doing hand to hand to hand combat, and at risk of knee injury, well then there you are.
Thoughts From The Peacock Angel 