What's With The Wings?

I’m really not sure who started this trend, but this shit needs to stop now. Most women have curvy hips and unless you have a straight up-and-down body type (in which case, most fashion rules don’t apply to you anyway) this fad with wings on the sides of dresses and skirts will not flatter you.  It makes us women look three sizes larger in just our hips! Isn’t the point of dressing for your body type to emphasize your favorite areas and deemphasize others? I mean, I want to look flattering in whatever I step out in, but I just don’t get this for the life of me, especially when I see someone who has a similar body type as me and who I believe has pretty damn good fashion sense make this mistake just because it’s a trend right now (see pic below of Kim Kardashian). Maybe I’m missing something here. Someone help me understand – is it just me that’s noticing this? Hell, I see this type of dress on the racks and I run the other way! I don’t care how much in trend it is, there are some things that just aren’t for curvalicious women like me! What’s your opinion of this fashion trend?