I can see how a serious suspender wearer might not be thrilled with these, but as a fashion accessory, they are fun and work well. I noticed the some people complained about the clips not staying on the pants well. I was struggling with that and thought I made a terrible purchase until I realized that I needed to more fully open the clip to secure the clip to the pants. It isn't very obvious, so just make sure you are attaching well before writing a review that says that they don't attach at all. Overall, good for fun costume suspenders, but if your pants are relying on these and these alone to stay up, that might be a risky strategy!