The clothing is very suited to cycling, I wouldn't wear it if it wasn't, it may not have been designed specificity for cycling in but it works very well. As you rightly say "we are all different" some people can't cycle without padding and some people can, I'm one who can, I've been cycling for over forty years, its been over thirty years since I came back after a break, its been twenty five years since I did my first club ride, I've never felt I needed padded shorts. It's like a lot of things there's no right or wrong you do what works for you.
Me on the Myton Hospice 60 mile Cycle Challenge.