We always use the Empire waist, but we're using it more than we normally would. This is one of those times when mainstream fashion really is translatable in maternity wear.

In maternity we have the issue of literally having no waistline. The Empire waist is one cut where you can actually get some shape and definition on top.

We were really up for it, ... The Australians normally come at us hard from day one. To get one up on them was nice. It's 1-0 to England but it's a long summer.

I've been told this reminds some of the East German days. But the difference is this one was genuine.

It's something different than what we normally see and something difficult to prepare for in one week. You've got to change your focus defensively to cover assignments and put people in the right places.

Uriah, with his long hands slowly twining over one another, made a ghastly writhe from the waist upwards.