velvet on velvet

Vintage dress, Theyskens' Theory wedges

Crushed velvet and shoulder pads... What does everyone make of that equation? I'm more inclined to think that it is sort of a '90s experiment gone wrong, yet obviously it makes so much more sense in two thousand and twelve. I was never a fan of anything padded, let alone in a dress form. On the contrary, I was probably the first to scissor off any possible signs of an unnatural shoulder build-up. And somehow today textures are so much more valid for me rather than shapes. Obsessing over velvet on velvet combo, especially in black and blue.