My suggestion would be fur boots from 50-65, kasa from 65-75 and oil cloth 75 and up. If you use a tailoring power scroll now, you can do oil cloths to a higher skill level, which would be my suggestion - put off getting into hides as long as possible. This, along with perhaps elven shirts, should get you to gm. Past that, you might need to phase out the shirts and go for Studded Hiro Sode. This can take one to legendary.