In the feature “Short Dresses for Long...

In the feature “Short Dresses for Long Evenings” (Oct. 6), what a joy it was on turning to Page 105 to see a lovely, exuberant, neat, well coiffed young lady. What a depressing let-down it was to turn the page and see Carole Little’s slouching, unkempt, sack-clothed wraith. This is being foisted on us as “style”?

Douglas Parmentier Jr.

Newport Beach