You know how we here at Secret Sales HQ love the shoulder-pad look and I for one intend to continue embracing it for as long as it is considered fashionable to do so. So you can imagine my delight when celebrity stylist and Clothes Show Live guru Debbie Hamblin told me that this autumn is going to be "the season of the shoulder".
She suggested that those of us who aren’t brave enough to actually spend money on a pointy-shouldered blazer or coat should still not give up hope on looking like we have stepped right out of Dynasty! By investing in some shoulder pads from your local haberdashery as well as a nifty sewing kit, she claimed that anyone can get the 1980s-inspired look for less.
But, what should we pair with such a glam upper silhouette? Not that we needed to be informed, but Debbie reaffirmed the fact that skinny jeans and leggings are going to remain huge over the next few months. However, the key to looking fabulous in them along with our shoulder-padded top half is our designer shoe selections.
"Key looks for autumn/winter – still sky-high, chunky, platform and strappy – from shoes to boots. Also, the court shoe is featuring very strongly," she hinted.
If that isn’t too much trend advice to go on for some designer clothes shopping this week, then try to remember the significance of the belt – wide, waisted and with ornate buckle detail.
Have you any tips for autumn style?
I am sixty-two years old and used to wear the shoulder pads when last in fashion.
I still have a lovely dark navyblue wool coat that I loved and it is still as good as
new.
But don’t ‘they say’ if you wore it first time around you shouldn’t wear it next time around?