Since Fergie was spotted wearing high-waisted pants, everyone has been talking about this fashion trend. “I think they make a woman delighted in adding an extra twenty pounds to her body frame, especially after she has starved herself just to lose a few pounds,” says Fergie. “It gives one a sense of having to work extra hard to appear slim, and I like that challenge.”

Fergie is not the only one wearing these highly unattractive trousers; Uma Thurman and Maddona have both been seen sporting them. “I think it’s refreshing to see these beautiful stars looking rather short and stubby,” says Jeannie Largo, a frequent dieter who has been struggling to appear slim in her 5″1, 150 lb. body frame. Frustrated with low-rise pants and the “mushroom effect” of the mid section hanging over, popping out below short t-shirts, Jeannie has found consulation in seeing the stars she has envied, donning what appears to be big, round rumps and wide hips that these high-waisted trousers seem to accentuate.