On sale: cellulite-banishing jeans!

They are the jeans that could be the answer to every woman's prayers.

Cellulite, the fat deposits that afflict the thighs of everyone from Jerry Hall to Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman, might have met its match.

It is claimed a new range of clothes will rid the wearer of cellulite without the need for a regime of diet and exercise.

When they went on sale in the US, the jeans sold out instantly and many shops and websites still have long waiting lists.

Now the clothes, by Miss Sixty, are being tested in a number of stores in Britain and should be on general sale within weeks.

Tiny capsules are built into the fabric of the jeans. Each is filled with anti-cellulite cream.

As the wearer moves the capsules open, releasing cream onto the leg of the wearer, which massages into the skin.

Miss Sixty claims the jeans will continue releasing the cream for up to 40 washes, and is selling them for about £85 a pair.

But Professor Tom Sanders, of King's College London, said: "These creams don't do anything to combat cellulite.

"There is no evidence for these products. They are untested and unproven."