Linothorax again

[Peroni]

A few authors mention a fragment of linen 14 layers thick found in a myceanen tomb (Grave V)

I may be covering old ground here, but here goes..

As a Roman reenactor, (forgive my ignorance of the Greek world) I have a question regarding the Linothorax..

Surely the vastly time consuming and labour-intensive method of creating enough linen to make garments would make the cost of making such a defence hellish expensive? We all know how expensive it was for a Roman cloak/tunic etc.

With the amount of animals slaughtered for food as well as for hides, would it not be more cost effective and economic regarding man-hours to make the garment from leather and cover it in the more expensive linen fabric?

It would certainly be as robust if more than one layer of leather were used and still look as
Aesthetically pleasing and ‘expensive’

Regards,