it’s the crafting of the shoulder pads by a Douglas Pads & Sports, a small Houston company, with a big stake in the game. “To the (best of) our knowledge, we’re the No. 1 pad in the NFL ...

After a war in which women had done men’s jobs on the home front, tailoring took on a more capable and androgynous look, with boxy proportions and – but of course – shoulder pads.