JUST when you thought it was safe to buy plenty of elasticated waists and go for a deconstructed Spring look .... along comes Kylie Minogue with a 16-inch waist.

Yes, impossible though it may seem to the Comfy Clothes generation, the singer has just started a tour wearing outfits including designer corsets which nip her waist in to a breathtaking 16-inches.

She may look sensational but this is depressing news - most of us have got knees bigger than that.

If Kylie had any decency about her she would complain that she can hardly breathe and the outfits are torture to wear.

Instead, she'll probably sing and dance effortlessly, and prompt females all over the country to either despair or faint in a bid to copy her ultra-trim shape.