My point was that he is against looking at pictures of women. And he’s referring to where there’s no problem with how they’re dressed.
As I recall, R’ Hoffman is writing about looking at a picture for shidduch pictures. ???? ???? ???? ??? ?? ??????, so in that context, there is a unique heter to look, so no ??????, probably.
No. It’s based on a couple of false assumptions. There’s a reason why R’ Moshe, R’ Ovadiah, and those R’ Ovadiah quotes don’t find any reason to be meikil; quite the contrary.