There’s only one thing I love enough to be able to start an article with a haiku, and that’s high waisted jeans. Check it out: "I love my blue jeans; high-waisted and beautiful; and they love me back.

Marks & Spencer's new stomach-cinching range, Waist Sculpt, was launched to such mass approval that one is now sold every three minutes. Its appeal lies in garments that pull the waist in, like a ...