ABSTRACT

Shoulders appear through tops, dresses, and sweaters and on formal attire, casual outfits, and active wear. The coolness of the style may be countered by some heat-related problems that the style creates. For example, showing shoulders creates a bra problem. Clothing that hangs off the shoulders can seriously limit movement. When wearing these tops, it's hard to do a range of things while keeping the top in place and off the shoulders. Buyers for department stores said that the style became popular because unlike other parts of their bodies, women tend to not hate their shoulders. People wear what is available to buy at stores. At first the shoulder-free outfits were on the runways of leading designers but then less expensive versions of the same garments without shoulders started to fill shops in malls and online. Stores like H&M and Zara offered dozens of versions of shoulder-showing styles.