It looks very nice on female characters. It looks really good on Aela. Sideboobs and miniskirt legs.
yh. I'll go with that. Especially considerring it is a heavy armor. Ancient Nord and Forsworn are the sixiest armors for a female. Forsworn is slightly more revealing.
It also looks really good on a male but not in a sixy male but in a masculine tough warrior look.
http://www.skyrimwiki.com/images/thumb/e/ec/AncientNordArmor.png/200px-AncientNordArmor.png
I think that is one of the major design successes of the armor. Like on Aela being a female I still I prefer it without the helmet for a male. That not to saythe helmet looks bad (unlike many of the helmets in Skyrim)