Shoulder Pads

I got a lot of compliments on the colours in today's outfit; there is just something about pink and brown that I love. They look so good together!

This outfit was built around my new-to-me thrifted cardigan:

That's my pink sweater layered under it (see the sleeves peeking out?), and my brown lace skirt that I've had since 2007.

The cardigan was $15.00 in the same store where I got my kickass Skagway boots. I was drawn to the thickly-embroidered wooly flowers on it.

What I was NOT drawn to about this: the shoulder pads! Yikes! They weren't even nice shoulder pads, and they weren't placed very well. When I cut them out of the sweater this morning, I noticed that the thread was  different than in the rest of the sweater. I think this sweater is from the early 80s and someone added her own shoulder pads when they got trendy.

I'm not totally against shoulder pads, especially in garments like coats and blazers - they're needed to help the fabric hang properly and can give much-needed structure. But when they're there because "that's the fashion" and they add nothing to the item, that's when we get into scary territory.

Full confession: when shoulder pads were at the peak of fashion (around 1988), I wore a camisole (with shoulder pads), under a blouse (with shoulder pads), under a blazer (with shoulder pads) and then wore a coat over it that had even more massive shoulder pads! It was madness!

Anyway, this cardigan looks much better without the shoulder pads. Check out the groovy design:

 I thought it was quite nice. A little granny-ish, but I've never been one to shy away from Granny Chic!

The label seems to support my early 80s theory:

It's a figure of a young lady in a hat with a sash across her chest (she reminds me of a suffragette), and the brand is "Jeune Jeunesse," which means "young lady." I couldn't find anything else about this brand online, but I think it might have been one of The Bay's or Eaton's in-house brands back in the day. That rings a bell.

Great details on it - look at the cool buttons:

I like that the buttons look like little glitter-trimmed moons set in a clear pink background. You don't see those kind of buttons on clothing anymore! You can also see the nice pink satin knit edging and the nice marled knit in the body of it.

The stuff:

My fab nude shoes.

And a load of necklaces.

Of course, any time I wear pink, I almost always want to wear my Audrey Hepburn Scrabble tile necklace.

Cardigan (Jeune Jeunesse, thrifted), sweater (Reitman's, consignment), skirt (Planet), shoes (Seychelles, consignment), pearl necklace (vintage 80s, The Bay), earrings (Aldo Accessories), Audrey tile (from trip to Powell River, locally made), chain necklace (Plum).