I understand some artistic licence in fashion shoots is permitted, but I wonder what your fashion editor imagines female readers are doing for a living (Working girl, The Fashion, 10 March)? I missed the career talk detailing the job where I would recline on a Persian carpet for a living. And I struggle to imagine the job opportunity enhanced by the split-crotch pale pink trousers. Contrast this photo shoot with the “New elegance” options for men in the Spring/Summer 18 roundup in the same supplement.

Jayne Adair

Belfast

• On Saturday my wife passed me the Fashion magazine to join in ridiculing the outfit on p85 worn by a young man in an airport truck depot, where he did look out of place in boxer shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, a cap, standard men’s socks and fancy shoes (Fly boy). My mild amusement turned to disgust when I saw that his underpants were priced at £585, and his five-item outfit came in at £2,970.

It wasn’t a joke, as a look at a few other pages proved. So, Guardian, you have questions to answer!

Peter Tippetts

Botley, Hampshire

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