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The Shoulders

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The Morning Dress
Aug 13, 2026
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I love a good eighties shoulder pad, the kind that shapes you like a linebacker.

You know the ones. Big, square, structured, the jacket practically standing up on its own when you take it off. We laugh about them now. Every few years somebody posts an old photo and the comments fill with jokes.

Then I went looking for where they came from, and I stopped l…

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