It's time (Option to Hide other players Glamour)

[Joven]

Per the OP themselves

That's a pretty flimsy excuse.

And in this game, they put in maid outfits and bikinis. If it wasn't intended they wouldn't let you glam those items. This is deliberately different from say WoW where they restrict transmogs more so that you can't say, transmog a santa suit outside of their christmas holiday. FFXIV deliberately allows greater freedom, outside of role/job restrictions on battle gear. Ergo, tanking in a maid glam is intended and has the tacit approval of the dev team.

There's a difference between world aesthetics and game aesthetics. In the context of the world you don't see the characters running into battle dressed as maids or in wedding dresses. Only in the context of the game is that possible. So to maintain the aesthetic of the world some people prefer not to see it.