Kimberley Walsh for Fabulous Magazine

When we first see Kimberley Walsh, she looks like a '50s swimwear goddess.We're in awe of her glamorous hourglass figure. Not that she's aware of it.

She smiles falteringly as she places a shawl around her hips, trying to hide them from the camera. "I've got extreme proportions," she explains - her way of saying she has a tiny waist and a J-Lo-style bum.

During her year off from Girls Aloud, which has seen each member pursuing solo projects, Kimberley, 28, has been trying her hand at TV presenting. We're here today to talk about her new documentary on jeans, part the history of denim and its cowboy origins, part our love/hate relationship with them.

"How traumatic is jeans shopping?" Kimberley asks. "It's as if it's designed to make us feel bad about ourselves.

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