What is with the Bard costumes/armor/gear in early Heavensward?

[seekified]

Is the Machinist a performer too? As that is the shared set for it too XDDDD

And here is where the bard aesthetics become a problem for me. Machinists should have leather jackets, zippers, form-fitting stuff. Not huge pieces of cloth in weird colours.

I'm sticking with my Archeoskin Jackcoat glamour, thank you very much.