Showing posts with label shoulder pads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shoulder pads. Show all posts

2.14.2008

Let's talk pads

Not me or my mother


I don't get out much these days due to the cold, my recovering abdomen and my general loser-ness. However, my mother and I did have a rousing discussion about the shoulder pad craze. All this time, I thought that shoulder pads were only donned with blazers and dresses, and that they were usually sewn in to the clothing.

Turns out - prepare yourself! - that women wore separate shoulder pads underneath everything, including basic T-shirts. And, as me mum confessed to doing herself, some people double padded. The insanity, I tell you!

And despite the sheer craziness of it all, my mom thinks that shoulder pads will be the next trend to reappear, albeit in a more modern form. (My mom has asked me to clarify here that it's not her wish, but her prediction.) But I just can't envision a return of women looking like NFL players.

So what do you think will be the next recycled fashion trend?

(Please don't say teased bangs ... seriously.)