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The 80's Shoulders Are Baaaack

Crimped hair, neons, shrunken leather jackets, short full skirts, aaaand shoulder pads. The 80's back with a vengeance. And from what I see on MaxMara's Fall ads, the emphasis is on sharp & high shoulder pads. Surprisingly, I like what I'm seeing here and I would wear this look without a blink. Actually I already bought a jacket with the highest shoulder pads ever. I Call it the ridiculously fashioCheck Spellingnable jacket.

Would you dare to wear this trend?

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eshda3wa said…
NO!

my god anything but the 80's

that era was a disaster!
01 December, 2008
Anonymous said…
i was hoping that shoulder pads wont come back! but suddenly THEY ARE! and NO i wont be wearing them what so ever!!!
01 December, 2008
Anonymous said…
I agree NO SHOULDER PADS FOR ME!

They look hideous!!
01 December, 2008
1001 Nights said…
I wanna see your jacket! :D
01 December, 2008
AZM said…
Fashion and Music wise, the 80's was the last creative era. Full or originals.
It wasn't until the 90's that people started re-inventing past eras.

The 80's were hot, AND if you misused fashion back then, then you've been given a golden chance now to correct it.
01 December, 2008
Anonymous said…
ill be wearing it!
01 December, 2008
Anonymous said…
azm do u have a blog?!?!
01 December, 2008
나다 said…
when i was in london i saw a girl in her 20's wearing a sharp shoulder pad that looks really cuttte i wanted to ask her so bad where did she got the jacket :P but i didnt have the guts so i missed out MB had funny looking ones :P
01 December, 2008
Anonymous said…
Da 80's rocked....
It waz, It is, n will alwayz be.....
01 December, 2008
AZM said…
Hey,,,

No I do not have a blog...

ButI do work in fashion ;-)
02 December, 2008
miss ghesquiere said…
hell ya! the black coat is TDF!!
03 December, 2008
Anonymous said…
margiela, or now even balmain anyone?
:)
03 December, 2008
Anonymous said…
Exactly Anonymous #3!!!

Margiela did an even more extreme shoulder pad yeaaaars ago, plus the whole 80's revival thing happened in the early 2000's (wikipedia electroclash!), I don't know what you guys r talking about. A lot of designers have been referencing the 90s in the past couple of years, they've moved on. Designers like Marios Schwab, Christopher Kane, Louis Goldin, and the like have been referencing 1990's bodycon design like shighil Azzedine Alaia and Bodyglove and things like that. And for those of you who are shocked by the 80s now in 2008....well, then u seriously need to catch up, fashion moves fast!

and a side note to Kuwaiti girls who think they are fashionable and will freak out about anything that is NOT trickled down, years-after-the-fact, high street, H&M/Topshop-approved, mediocre crap. Then you need to stop reading Teen Vogue and expand your horizons, because fashion is certainly not about closed-mindedness. O salamatkum.

Sorry about that rant but I had to get it out :P

XK
03 December, 2008
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