I know this topic is a little old but I wanted to chime in..
My mentor used to only wear a veil. he said it was always too hot to wear all of that protective clothing. One day (before I started working with him) he lifted a hive body off the hive and it broke and fell apart. He took around 250 stings and almost died before he could get to help. After that, he always wore a jacket veil. That's what I wear along with jeans. I wear gloves most of the time because stings in my hands seem to hurt and itch worse than anywhere else. When I first got into beekeeping there seemed to be this badge of honor about getting stung. Now, I have been stung quite a few times and it still hurts. not as bad as the first time but there is still pain there. I say why take a chance? You can have the most gentle bees in the world but if a super falls apart or something else happens to get them stirred up, it isn't worth dying over to be cool and look cool. Getting stung up not only hurts, its not only dangerous, but it also makes bad press and discourages people from getting into beekeeping.
Just my humble opinion...