The return of shoulder pads! Fashion is weighing on us with heavy shoulders

Exaggerated shoulders are seen on runways, as shoulder pads make a big return. Photo composite (from left): Saint Laurent, Versace, Valentino

As if reflecting the current state of the world, fashion is weighing on us with heavy shoulders.

Or could it be that the return of shoulder pads is style’s symbolic way of toughening us up, inspiring us to show up and fight?