Spotted in Los Angeles, the filmmaker wore an asymmetrical charcoal gray blazer with extreme shoulder pads ... the “big top, little pants” method, Obama kept her entire look oversized ...

Simply sign up to the Fashion myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Here’s a phrase that will fill some with glee, and many with dread: the shoulder pad is back. Much maligned, often ...

Or could it be that the return of shoulder pads is style’s symbolic way of toughening ... appears in the form of a long sleeved black top worn with tattered jeans. The former, embellished ...