Armour against weapons or weather?

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

The evidence is so little that I cannot say that you're wrong and I'm right.May I ask you however to look again in the arming scene.The lines intented to be pleats are clear in that "thicker" upper part and the strange bulky hem-lines in the sleeves are identical with those of the next hoplite who already wears his linothorax,and the pleats in the showlders of the latter are more clear.So it was not meant to be worn alone,and has the exact same characteristics of another chiton.
Khaire
Giannis