There are always going to be some items of clothing in your wardrobe that you feel grateful for. That you can't believe your luck that they're in fashion,  because they're the comfiest, snuggliest, easiest thing you've ever pulled on of a dark and rainy afternoon.

The boyfriend jean numbers chiefly among the wardrobe staples I thank the fashion gods for regularly.

But today's Daily Mail - and Liz Jones, specifically - has launched a campaign against them, calling them 'the jeans that make even Sienna Miller look chunky'. Is it time to abandon them, the way you did your bandage dresses when you saw what it looked like in pictures?

Certainly not.

Jones has completely missed the point of a pair of boyfriend jeans, if she's worried about looking fat in them. The very purpose of a boyfriend jean is to look fat in them; you wear them when you feel fat, and sometimes (whisper it) people realise that's why you've got them on.

The point of a boyfriend jean (and don't get me wrong, there are some gazelle-like unnaturals who can wear them still look sylph-ish) is look nonchalant, low-key and ever so slightly rumpled. Jones' obsession with being trussed up, smart and - more importantly - thin-looking feels way behind the times.

To re-cap, Jones is looking for that denim nirvana that is a.) comfortable and b.) flattering. But what you end up with if your go down that route is a stretch bootcut.

No, didn't think you'd like that. See our summer jeans guide if you're still perplexed.