Are you ready for winter's biggest trends? Shoulder pads are making a comeback (sorry ladies, I don't invent 'em, I just report 'em!), capes are major news, and the sad state of the economy is putting fashionable folks in a very dark mood. Find out more in our web roundup, after the jump.

“I have super-sloping shoulders. I truly look like those football players—the no-neck guys—so I wear this pair of foamy, thick shoulder pads inside almost everything. Most of the time no one can tell, because all they do is square off my shoulders to look ‘normal.’ But one of my friends and my sister think I’m nuts. Is it really better to look completely sloped than to look square-shouldered?”

Hey, I know that the mere mention of shoulder pads has some negative connotations, but if your shoulder pads make you feel confident, go for it. After all, most women are more than happy to embrace shapewear—are shoulder pads really that different? But make sure you’re not wearing oversize, overstuffed relics from 1987—make ‘em smaller, with a more natural shape. And tell your friend and sister to back off until they’re ready to give up control-top tights!