If that evokes a visual of Vic Tanny (am I really dating myself that much..??) okay David Barton, you'd be wrong.

Strong shoulders is the 21st c euphemism for shoulder pads. You remember shoulder pads, don't you? The 80's power suit. The outfits on all of the vixens on Dynasty. The accessory you wore with everything you owned. That would include your workout clothes and your nightie.

They seem to be back.

I can assure you I never sported a pair that looked like Bat wings, however.

We did think that they made us look slimmer, didn't we? It probably has to do with the optical illusion that it diminished our hip measurements. Of course, with the invention of Spanx and Not Your Daughter's Jeans, your hip size has been reduced. You now are a cylindrical form from the waist down, veeing out on the top.

You look like an ice cream cone. Trust me, this was not the look I was going for.

But, fashion forward that I am, I am going to dig deeply into my dresser drawer and retrieve the only pair that I didn't burn for just this very moment.

Okay, the moment passed. 

It's back to slope shoulders for me.