Every time I look through my eBay archive — a folder of some 6,000 unnamed and unorganized JPEG files that I've downloaded over the past three-and-a-half years — it's like opening a treasure chest.
Case in point: this absolutely stunning portrait of Patricia Lam Fung from the cover of The Young Companion (June, 1960). I love everything about it: from the soft focus seaside background to the bold and modern characters of the magazine title (良友, liang you, literally "good friend"). And of course, there's Lam Fung, impeccably stylish as always, in her adorable summer print dress and colorful hat with hanging yellow ribbon.
Anyway, I was intending on just posting the cover, because as far as I'm concerned, a picture of lovely Lam Fung doesn't need any words to accompany it. But, you know me, I felt the need to say a little bit about the seminal Young Companion magazine, or a least point a link to someone else who has already said it better than I could. As luck would have it, I found Young Companion's official website, which features a great English-language introduction to the magazine's history, along with some (unfortunately small) images of covers from the 1920s and 30s.
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