[mish_mish]

Since my very first day of belly dance class, I have hated the look of harem pants. They are reminiscent of MC Hammer, they make short people look shorter and thin people look fat. They make you look bulky under skirts. Sheer harems are worse, split harems are hideous--making your entire leg appear to balloon out. Unless you are 7' tall and 100lbs, you WILL look fat in harem pants.

What popular costume item do you secretly (or not so secretly) hate?

Second on my list are the really severe V shaped belts.

Third, hermes sandals.

By the way, I have PMS, the stitches from my gum surgery are poking me relentlessly and they don't come out until May 9, I can't eat anything FUN, and my husband is mad at me because I double booked us for something...so I'm feeling b*tchy and want to take my frustration out on helpless costume items.

NOTE: If you own these items (I do or have owned them at some point), this is not a knock on you or your taste. I fully acknowledge this is my quirk.