Letter: Beyond the pale

Sir: I have looked despairingly at the morasse of sludge (pale) and drudge (paler) that the high street is offering us mousey-haired matrons - never mind those who are looking at designer labels ('Dear Giorgio Armani', 17 May).

I remain fearlessly fending off the beigeness to which so many of my sisters seem to have succumbed. Don't despair, Tamsin Blanchard] Eschew designer labels, ignore the high street chains - last week my favourite and far from expensive boutique came up with a jungle number just right for tomorrow night - if the rain holds off long enough]

Yours faithfully,

PENNY MOORLEY

Appleton, Oxfordshire