Shoulder Up Girlfriend
Let’s all give a nod to Marc Jacobs for fostering one of the least impressive trends to see this spring – shoulder pads.
Thanks to Jacobs, who easily impresses the fashion world with his seasonal lines and willingness to step two sides to the right, left, then do-si-do outside of the box, we are forced to consider two stern sidekicks on either side of our heads.
One might muse that this geometrical trend is a reaction to all the bare shoulders we’ve been seeing courtesy of Hollywood starlets gracing red carpets; an immediate reaction to pad up and channel a tougher image to the world outside.
Worn with harem pants or a pencil skirt you too can be the new symbol of everything 80s (see Princess Diana, Molly Ringwald or Madonna for reference).
Implemented gently, you might be able to pull it off but beware of the voices resting on either shoulder telling you to add more or less.
What do you think of spring’s hot trend?
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6 Comments
February 16th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Amy, I’m scared. The 80’s were scary, fashion-wise and I cringe when I look at old TV anchor tapes of myself with teased bubble-headed bleach blond hair and Joan Crawford shoulder pads. I hope this revival dies fast.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I’m with you. I remember stockpiling shoulder pads in the 80’s and of how severe they made my already broad shoulders look!
Please post a link if possible to where we can see those old anchor tapes!!!!
February 16th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Do you remember when they started “evolving” to the slimmer, smaller shoulder pads that would always fall out? Ugh! You’d buy a basic cotton turtleneck and it would have pads in it! Inevitably you’d be going about your day and realize one shoulder was missing its tiny but oh-so-crucial pad. Oh dear God, for how long? And who saw?!?
February 17th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Ha! Or the velcro would wear out and it would suddenly be in your sleeve?
August 18th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
wow – that’s UNIQUE
August 19th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Shoulder pads are so 80’s and far from unique – some style trends that have come back to haunt us again and again, should just gracefully fade away, never to be revived again……
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