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By next fashion season, there?s no need to be self-conscious about less-than-flat midsections or flabby thighs. All eyes will be on your shoulders up.

As the last collections made their exit at Paris Fashion Week last week, it was clear the collective statement from New York to Paris was on shoulders and shoulders alone.

Save for Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton and Hannah MacGibbon at Chloé, the remaining designers digressed from the pervasive look-back on the ?80s. Yet there were voluminous knits, oversized coats and boxy jackets from Hermès to Kenzo.

Even John Galliano, fantastic with a Balkan-theme collection, sent out broad-shoulder jackets alongside Russian peasant blouses, embroidered skirts and military uniforms.

Jean Paul Gaultier also echoed the trend with wide lapels on his aviation-theme collection.

Jacobs? takes were softer silk poufs and grosgrain bows galore -- though the wide coats clearly resonated the feel of his eponymous line. Chloé?s MacGibbon also went for the softer silhouette of the early ?80s -- boxy coats with pronounced shoulder pads that tapered at the waist. -- CVM