4 JUNE 1988, Page 22

Dark designs

Sir: Will Miss Anita Brookner (Books, 2 April) or another please explain to her benighted male readers exactly what is meant by 'designer' clothes? I should have thought this was simply a meaningless snob term: all clothes are 'designed' by some- one, though some are made to measure and others not.

Ernest Trehern

Rte de Planafin 33, 1723 Marly, Switzerland