Gonna post the same thing I posted on the hairstyle thread about this same topic, slightly edited tho.

The reason why I'm against removing any race restrictions is that this game doesn't offer any race specific content, only "content" that offers some unique traits to the races (other than the obvious physical differences) are hairstyles, hempen sets and starter gear. That honestly isn't much at all, I know not everyone cares about that stuff, but there are still many who do. Removing the restrictions would take away the little uniqueness the races have left.

There's plenty of glamours available for all, and all the glamour items they will add in the future will most likely be without restrictions as well, so it really isn't unreasonable to have those few gear sets restricted.