This is an unusual full-bodied depiction of two female friends in contrasting white and black dresses, the latter being more dominant with her headdress pattern “flowing” with the drape at the bottom. Here, the emphasis is on the postures and the intimacy of the Oriental women with the fan and headgear rather than in the artist’s usual depictions of heads with details of the dark gold-tinged rouged faces. Lee Long Looi is based in Miami and New Jersey in the United States and taught US-based Eng Tay and Lye Yau Fatt during his days as art teacher at Sin Min High School and Keat Hwa High School in Kedah.