By Katrina Doran.

With the big trend for pointy shoulders transferring from the catwalk to the high street - we're seeing more and more jackets and dresses with exaggerated shoulder shapes in a lot of our favourtie high street stores.

While the 80's influence of Crystal Carrington and her shoulder pads might be the obvious choice - we reckon the designers have been inspired by the sexy Princess Aura, (pictured left) daughter of Ming the Merciless in 80's iconic film Flash Gordon.

Chanel your inner ‘Aura' with this fab metallic snake print jacket from Miss Selfridge that ties in two trends in one - leather biker style AND big shoulders - fabulous! There's nothing minging about that!