Chain hauberk (a long chainmail coat, covering arms and most of the legs, split in front and back for riding) may be what you're looking for. Usually worn over a soft leather undercoat.

Chain mail was quite expensive to make and repair. Only the wealthy warrior lords could afford chain. Scale mail was a lot cheaper. So was reinforced leather and studded leather.

Another factor is weight. Scale mail is heavy. Chain mail is lighter, but still quite heavy. Leather armor is a lot less encumbering than the metal mail types.
You should also consider the kind of protection the different armor types afford. Chain mail is good against edged weapons and takes away the worst of the hit of a blunt weapon. It also will stop a broadhead arrow, but it is totally ineffective against armor piercing arrows and slender blades like rapiers. Scale mail is good against most medieval weapons, but a thrust from below will slide between the scales and kill or seriously wound the wearer.
Leather offers reasonable protection against all medieval weapons. It has no typical weak spots, but it also doesn't have typical strong points.
If your hero is going to fight all kinds of different opponents, she's probably best off wearing reinforced leather.

Your hero is a woman. Will she be very muscular and strong, or will she be agile and quick? In the latter case, she's much better off wearing leather armor, maybe a reinforced type with metal scales or rings sewn on.

The warrior outfit for the She-Freak would be historically fairly accurate. And it's fairly sexy too. But you'd have to morph it into a Vicki fit using Wardrobe Wizard.

The Winter Queen Hero outfit for Jessi wouldn't be too shabby for your project, I think. A scale mail short skirt, a leather top with metal cups. See the image.

The only really unrealistic part is leaving her stomach bare - stomach wounds were invariably fatal in medieval times (even in these modern times, with quick transport and modern medical science a soldier receiving a severe stomach wound quite often dies). But a second skin could fix that.

You'd have to use Wardrobe Wizard to make it fit Vicki, though.

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