So we are very excited about the new look armor of "Skyrim". there have been a few changes to the programing since Oblivion. Matt Carafano the lead artist for the game had this to say;

" The armor system is very similar to oblivion's. the main difference is that the upper and the lower body armors, the cuirass and the greaves, have been combined into one piece. this helps create armor styles that have the look we needed for skyrim. in most of the Nordic designs we created, the upper armor would completely cover the lower armour, making it unnecessary. we get much better visual results combining those pieces, and it renders a lot faster too, so we can put more people on screen, so that was an easy trade off for us. we can also make a lot more armors now so the number and variation types and more than we've ever had."

Well i guess this is good and bad news, sounds like gone are the days of epic 7 people wars of "Oblivion" due to the ability to have more people on screen but the news that the armor will now be a one piece makes me fear for the immersive element to the game one of my favored parts of the old games was the huge amount of customization to you avatar.
also its difficult to find much information about the clothes of "Skyrim" if your like me then you will spend most of your time sneaking around putting an arrow into someones back 3 miles away so  it is important to know that my huntsman moccasins wont be letting people know im in the shadows, but i will do my best for you so keep an eye out for future posts.

so to some up who knows if this armor situation is a good move or not but i would imagine the boys of Bethesda know what they are doing. let us know what you think?

P.S the Elven armor look AMAZING!!!