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how what you wear can affect your health. This week: Skinny jeans can lead to knee pain WEARING tight jeans can affect the way we walk, according to research from the London Podiatry Centre. The fabric interferes with movement, affecting the efficient bending of the knees — it may also hinder the movement of the hip, reducing stride length.

As well as pain, over time, this might actually change the gait.

Wearing skinny jeans made of materials that stretch will have a less compressive effect.

You might also want to avoid skinny jeans if you’re prone to bacterial vaginosis — a vaginal infection. Wearing skinny jeans more than once a week led to twice the risk of developing the infection, reported a study in the European Journal of Gynaecology in 2002.