| The striking studio photographs of Pamela, above and right, were reportedly taken only a few days before her murder. They show, surely, a fashion conscious young woman with a certain confidence in her own image. The black dress in these shots is of the period - the 1930s. It was an age when young people still aped their elders; there was no "teenage" fashion. Peking may have been a long way from Europe, but its foreign residents kept right up to date with the day's styles (as did also many wealthy Chinese). |  |
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| 1930s fashion for ladies. The writer admits that 1930s fashion is not his forte (I think ladies did best in the much earlier Belle Epoque). Nonetheless, pictured here are some pretty smart 1930s outfits of a type that would not have escaped Pamela's notice. No prizes for spotting two of Bette Davis. |  |
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