Actually no! the removable plates double as
gothic style armor when
tucked into your Velcro work-place backsupporter as you close in with the
very large
Paella skillet (doubles as truncheon or shield) in one hand and the fire poker in the left...underneath the wife's hastily grabbed house coat-sort of a coat-of-plates effect(poor man's getup) as depicted by Mel in Braveheart...belly armor at it's lowest common denominator...nothin' ever goes out of style!

I was shocked by those young ladies thin waist belts with a big belt angled across the hips just a few years back which was trendy...in 1066 at Hastings!; and the WWII winter wool GI (under the helmet)issue hat has made a tremendous comeback too...60 years later!