Jacques,
Returning to the point of my thread maybe Cotton Traders are trying to cover all the angles , so you could be making a good point .

I haven't seen padded shoulder pads for a while but I recently bought a neat fitting denim jacket with shoulder pads in . The SA said she had the same jacket and cut the pads out straight away , I have fairly square male shoulder so I didn't need them , the jacket is a better fit now .