Shoulder pads (fashion)
As a shoulder pad is called made of textiles fittings that are sewn into garments above the shoulders. Shoulder pads can either protect the upper body (especially in contact sports such as American football ) or they serve each mode corresponding to the shape of the shoulders.
History
Shoulders were emphasized by padding in the upper classes in the 17th century.
1932 put the costume designer Gilbert Adrian, the shoulder pad for the film Letty Lynton first time in a women's fashion. The fashion designer created for the actress Joan Crawford, who had much to wide shoulders for her role, an almost rectangular costume and thus started a fashion trend.
In the 1930s, the fashion of the wide elaborated shoulders reached a climax. As a hallmark of a "strong woman " were aufgeposterte shoulders especially popular with women in business and politics. Also in the literature, women were encouraged to assert themselves in the world of work by acting masculine clothing.
In the 1940s, when the women's clothing starting militarized by the U.S. during the Second World War, broad, high shoulders were once again popular. They made, for example, a producer of shoulder pads Maurice Uchitel briefly to the " Shoulder Pad King" ( en: King of the shoulder pads ) and thus to a wealthy man.
Still stood Crawford model. After the war, their meaning of the shoulder pads took off again, and until the early 1950s, shrank their size and distribution. In coats and jackets they came before rather than in blouses.
In the 1980s, the shoulder pads fashion experienced a renaissance. The well-known representatives of the fashion label, which was then shaped the culture of the shoulder pads are Thierry Mugler and Claude Montana. Whole generation of politicians such as Margaret Thatcher was known almost exclusively with broad shoulders. For 2009, a collection of the shoulder pads into the fashion world was expected again. In fashion capitals such as Paris and New York Models like Katy Perry already presented the retro clothing deposits on the catwalk.
Materials
Shoulder pads have different designs and can be made of various materials. In addition to the normal, einnähbaren copies there, encased in lightweight fabrics, self-adhesive pads that can be worn under any tops. Shoulder pads with floating cover are for Tops without lining (such as jackets, sports jackets and coats ) suitable, while for garments with lining most deposits are used with Perlonbezug. Variations with Velcro closures can be stacked on top of each other to enhance the effect.