Fashion fact: Our favorite jeans to shop for are pairs which have plenty of stretch — but we want to pull off an illusion. We don't want people to know how stretchy they are! Non-stretch pants are ...

Once upon a time, the only way to get on a new pair of tight jeans was to wriggle, struggle, jump and sweat your way into them – or even lie in a warm bath – and wait for the stiff material to mould ...