To prevent excessive shoulder padding, velcro was sewn onto the pads so that the wearer could choose how many sets to wear.

As was usual with all coats in the nineteenth century, shoulder padding (called 'American shoulders') was rare or minimal.

Somebody with a knife had worked on the lining and the shoulder padding.

It can also get a Fortune 500 nip at the waist, and have less shoulder padding than pajamas.

In some collections, shoulder padding has been removed, paralleling a similar reduction in women's clothing.

Even all-weather beige coats have distinctive shaping, including aggressive shoulder padding, bottom left.

Things are a bit closer to the body," she said, "not as oversized and with less shoulder padding, adhering pretty much to the general fashion trend.

Killeen stopped and examined his shoulder padding.

With this he handed shoulder padding and padded helmet to Casher, who began to put on the garments, very clumsily.

He doesn't like where the shoulder padding has been sewn and he frowns mightily, calling for his original sketch.