Getting back to the original post, the problem is that if you want to have a particular type of armour then you end up being restricted to the type of defence and possibly the degree of defence it provides.
If the modding tools are sufficiently powerful and have the right features then those who do not like the armour design, for whatever reason, will be able to do something about it. It is interesting to see that variations in armour in the character creation screen for elves goes from skimpy to full body coverage. This suggests that such a solution may indeed be easy to implement.
