I did fiddle with a more covered design before, but felt like it was getting too bulky/far from what I was trying to go for.
It's supposed to be more flashy than functional, after all, so for as long as it resembles armor it's good enough.
Besides, it's pretty hard to tell what kind of properties dragonhide would have.
And on top of everything, for all we know, the armour might be enchanted too.
It's all long and boring and complicated and stuff.
I'd go into more details, but that'd require its own thread and I'm not quite at that point yet.
*Draws a rideable mecha-dinosaur and rides off into the sunset*