One of the ladies associated with Batman (was it Barbara Gordon?) kept her real hair cut short, but then wore a long flowing wig over it. If anyone went for the obvious and tried to grab her by the hair, the wig just came right off.
A friend and I recently had a similar conversation about ridiculous “sexy” armor on female game/movie/TV characters, and both agreed that Xena’s costume was pretty practical as these things go: File:Returnofcallisto 02.jpg - Wikipedia It’s quite similar to the “Amazon hoplite” look linked above, only without the helmet. (While a helmet would definitely be more practical, I do see why costume designers don’t like to obstruct the faces of the stars.)
I remember a fantasy riff on this from quite a while ago. A Forgotten Realms novel, Azure Bonds, lampshaded chainmail cleavage. The protagonist had a chain hauberk with a neckline that plunged most of the way to her navel…but it was enchanted to project an impenetrable wall of force across her chest, making the “exposed” area the most heavily armored part of her body. It was designed to lure enemies into striking for the supposedly vulnerable spot, rather than her arms and legs (which were lightly armored at best for mobility reasons).
Israeli soliders manage to look pretty good in fatigues.
I remember… studying that coverextensively back in the day.
A lesser-known fact: that lizard-oid in the background there is also a woman. 
That picture is a blast from the past!
I remember even then being amazed at what a shitty job the illustrator did at conveying depth to the chain mail. It looks like silver rings drawn onto a black cloth. Yet, I definitely admired this one as a young lad.
Also, she won’t be able to bend over with that huge solid metal belt extending most of the way up her belly. Something I likely wouldn’t have thought of if I hadn’t just read Lumpy’s link about modern female-tailored body armor.
I can see one big advantage of chain mail bikinis:
“Hey guy, my sword is up here.”
Shirow was the first thing I thought of, too, but I guess Landmates aren’t all that sexy unless Deunan pops out of one dressed only in her data film.
For woman Sword and Sorcery warriors, skimpy costumes don’t offer much protection against weapons, and on quests would probably result in them going down with exposure.
Pluses are that she wouldn’t overheat in a long combat session, and that against male warriors (Or gay female warriors), they might be distracted from the fighting in hand, or decide to try and take her alive and unmarked for evil purposes of their own in the event of their victory.
I have been told that people who wear leather next to the skin, are a bit "Whiffy " when they take it off.
But I haven’t experienced that for myself so it may well be wrong .
Well, with a forcefield across her chest, she probably wouldn’t be able to bend much anyway. Functionally, she’s effectively wearing a solid breastplate (yeah, yeah, laugh it up) that just looks like the world’s dumbest chain hauberk design.
Not too sculpted though. You don’t want your breastplate to have a concave depression anywhere on it… especially right in the center. You want spears to be deflect out not to be deflected right into your sternum. In the end a practical ladies’ breastplate should look a lot like the men’s, just tailored a bit.
Did you play cricket? Think about the wicket-keeper’s hands being inside those leather gloves for so long.
Was always a bowler, quite competent batsman, and the worlds worst fielder EVER !