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How low can they go?
Author: Anonymous Source: People Weekly 56, no. 12 (Sep 17, 2001): p. 172-176 ISSN: 0093-7673 Number: 80076335 Copyright: Copyright Time Incorporated Sep 17, 2001

With hip-hugging pants now high fashion, celeb waistbands are heading as far south as the stars can stand-- advisable, since sitting isn't always pretty
At an L.A. party in July, BRITNEY SPEARS went "extra low," says her stylist Bart, in "distressed Cinderella" pants by Gary Graham. How does she keep them on? Britney's clothes are made to fit her perfectly," says Bart. "So we don't worry about mishaps."
For an MTV special in March, JANET JACKSON "didn't want to have a butt-crack moment" in her Dolce & Gabbana pants, says her stylist Wayne Scot Lukas. "She paid attention to what showed when she sat and we put the microphone pack behind her as a cover."
"Low-cut, hip-hugging pants are one of
my wardrobe staples right now," says American Pie 2's TARA REID, in custom-tailored Ymayaba at her movie's L.A. premiere last month. "They're really flattering it you have a flat stomach."
Pop trio Destiny's Child--KELLY ROWLAND, BEYONCE KNOWLES and MICHELLE WILLIAMS--were early converts to shape-revealing denim, thanks to their own fit figures and Tina Knowles (Beyond's mom, who dresses the group). "Kelly is like a model and so is Michelle," says Tina. "Beyond is curvier, but has a small waist and great midriff." All three strutted their stuff in Dolce & Gabbana jeans that were ripped and bejeweled for a March MTV party in L.A.
Actress BAI LING chose plunging Frankie B. jeans for the LA. premiere of Moulin Rouge in May because "they are very funky and modem and make me feel sexy," she says. Underneath, advises their creator, Daniella Clarke, you
need "a good wax and a lot of confidence."
MADONNA wore midriff-baring Dolce & Gabbana cowgirl pants to Europe's MTV Music Awards last fall-just three months after giving birth to son Rocco. Britain's Times later praised the star for baring "her potbelly" during her concert tour, declaring, "The truly hip are taking a leaf out of Madonna's book and learning to love their tummies."
Number of inches in the rise (the distance from the seam of the crotch to the top of the waistband) of the Juicy leans on JULIA STILES at June's MTV Movie Awards: 7. Number of T-shirts she cut up herself before getting the look she liked: 5.