Men: throw off your prejudice against pink

SIR – I’ve never understood why men have such an aversion to wearing pink clothes (Features, May 11).

Since my early twenties, I’ve confidently worn various pink items. Nothing ostentatious – just normal shirts, polo shirts, jumpers, T-shirts, shorts and socks in various shades, from baby pink through to fuchsia and raspberry. Wearing these clothes doesn’t mean that I am a dandy, or somebody engaged in moral turpitude.

Pink can be subtle – so refuseniks should shed their inhibitions and embrace it.

Andrew Holgate Wilmslow, Cheshire

A boy in a pink sailor suit, by the French painter Jacques-émile Blanche (1861-1942)