I heard Sarah Jessica Parker, say on Oprah, that her new line Bitten includes no low-waisted jeans because she’s over it. I’ve been over it since they were in.

Hallelujah!

Let’s face it, during the low-waisted trend I’ve been non-16. I’ve been doing feminine things like having babies and nursing them and lugging them around on my hip, which often causes shirts to ride up. Such things are not conducive to wearing low-rise pants, the sole intention of which is to let a little tummy show. No thank you.

Bitten offers such jeans for less than $20, and I’m dying to try some on. But, I’d have to drive three hours to the nearest Steve and Barry’s, no online store.

I love Sarah’s fashion manifesto: It is every woman’s inalienable right to have a pulled-together, stylish, confident wardrobe with money left over to live.

We probably shouldn’t amend the constitution to add that, but it’s a great principal to build a retail fashion line on. It’s so inclusive.

I ran in to Old Navy to see what their new denim collection was all about.

For those who can pull it off, they still carry a low-waisted and a mid-waisted style. (Oddly enough the mid-waisted jean made my belly sit like a flat tire right on top and were worse than the low-wasted jean.)

The Sweetheart has stolen my heart, sitting just below the waist. On the website they have a Goddess fit, which is at the natural waste, but my store didn’t have that style to try on. 

There are three beautiful things about an Old Navy pair of jeans.

• Sizes run big so I can celebrate that I’ve made it down to a size 10! That makes me feel like all this exercise and eating right has paid off.
• They make a “short,” in most sizes.
• The regular price is $30.

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Death to Low-Waisted Jeans

Don’t get me wrong, I would love to be able to have a casual conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker in a downtown NYC diner.

On the other hand, on the rare occasion that I do spot someone, something happens to my brain, and I become a different person. (why is that?) Once I saw Matthew Broderick in a restaurant and I nearly trampled another diner, just to get a closer look. (more importantly, for him to see me.)

New York is teeming with celebrities. You always hear gossip about some starlet who just bought a fabulous loft in Tribeca for millions of dollars…when the average person wouldn’t be able to locate (never mind purchase) a mailbox sized place. Where are all of these apartments?

There is actually etiquette in dealing with the celebrity sighting…if you do see one, you ignore that person — then as soon as he/she passes, you call all of your friends to let them know, and of course you embellish the story as in:

“I just saw James Gandolfini in a bar and boy was he hammered! — I’m telling you, I had to escort him to the restroom, that’s how blottoed he was! AND he said hi to me.”

New York Magazine has put together a Star Map of the city by neighborhood…which should be helpful the next time you are out on your lunch break and pretend to see one of them. Here are a couple neighborhoods in which a siting is probable, not that you really care:

• Upper East Side: Woody Allen, Liza Minelli, Rudy Guliani
• Upper West Side/Central Park: Tina Fey, Penny Marshall, Bono, Ricky Martin
• Midtown: Rosie O’Donnell, Kim Cattrall, Paris and Nicky Hilton, Anderson Cooper
• West Village/Soho: Chloe Sevingny, Liv Tyler, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Racheal Ray
• East Village/Tribeca: James Gandolfini, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Bowie

Shhh! Don’t tell anyone!

Image: Peter Rad/New York Magazine

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The NYC Celebrity Sighting Game.