If there's anything CRPG has traditionally been about, it's definitely allowing the whining masses to overshout the minority minding their own business and enjoying the game.
I don't really wear strange armor, but it also isn't offending me e-honor so greatly that it need be removed.
As for the "for the era", nothing in this game performs (feinting, light speed heavy weapons, lolstab) as it did in that era so why should we care about the aesthetics?
I wish people would spend more time worrying about their own fun rather than trying to figure out ways to limit others- we'd have a significantly better mod.