How I justify it: For me, my Dragonborn is the type that is more for a practical set of armor that suits her fighting style than aesthetics. She takes her tasks very seriously and would not leave anything to chance when it came to a knife and an opening in her armor. In the cold north of Skyrim? My armor needs fur. Fighting dragons? My armor cannot leave anything exposed and needs to be riddled with resistance enchantments. Currently, my Dragonborn's preferred set is the Saskia armor from Witcher 2 with a fur cloak and an armored fur hood. Ebonyflesh spell to top it off. BUT! My Dragonborn also travels with a companion, a male mage who is in a lustful love with her and would do anything to get her to wear very revealing clothing. Whenever they do come across some ancient set of armor that she casually tosses aside because it would leave her abdomen completely exposed, he takes it with him. "We could sell it for some good coin or maybe it has some enchantment we could learn from", he says. What my Dragonborn doesn't know, however, is that her companion is actually an incredibly powerful enchanter. He puts an enchantment on the armor and comes to her with it telling her that it actually has a powerful ward ((higher armor rating)) on it that would likely deflect blows better than any steel or ebony and would be impossible to duplicate. So she wears it reluctantly. The more revealing the armor the more embarassed and annoyed she is. The more revealing the armor the more powerful the enchantment because her mage friend's abilities are powered by souls gems and his raging erection.