I write in response to your piece entitled "Supermarket chic and cut-price catwalk fashions" (The Argus, August 22).

We all like a bargain but someone always pays and it is generally the producers not supermarkets.

For instance, the standard market rate for T-shirts is £1.50 per dozen. This is what the factory owner gets, let alone the people doing the sewing.

You can find out about fairer alternatives from www.ethicalconsumer.org

-Chris Cronin, Brighton