Chinese Fashion Model Not Always What He Seems To Be

Fashion Model Liu Xianping

Chinese fashion models are some of the most beautiful in the world. And one of the most beautiful Chinese models set the industry on its ear. For first there were guys like Andrej Pejic and Stanyslas Fedyanin who found success as fashion models modeling women’s clothing. Now there’s Liu Xianping, a 72-year-old Chinese man modelling stylish clothes for young women, whose granddaughter’s photos of him went viral online after posting them on China’s largest retail website.

What Started As A Joke

What first started out as a silly joke soon turned into a massive advertising campaign for her store and became the envy of fashion models worldwide. Liu, a grandfather from China, is the first elderly male model who reached internet stardom for modelling girls’ clothes. He posed for his granddaughter’s female fashion store on T-mall and although the garments were designed for sweet and cute teen girls featuring rosy shades, laces and ribbons, he totally pulled it off.

Store Sales Increased Fivefold

His confidence in front of the camera, his slim physique and pair of long skinny legs have gained the admiration of millions and his granddaughter’s store sales have increased fivefold. In an interview with Chinese media, the granddaughter said, “He picked up one piece and tried to give some advice on how to mix and match. We thought it was fun, so we started shooting.” Apparently, many of the combinations in the fashion photos are her grandfather’s ideas. He put on short skirts, long stockings and dresses and even wore wigs to get that genuine teen girl look.

What’s Good For The Gander Is Good For The Goose

On the other end of the modelling spectrum is 35 year old Casey Legler, a woman who exclusively models menswear. With her razor-sharp cheekbones and her lanky 6 foot 2 inch frame, it’s easy to see why she’s recently been signed to the men’s division at the prestigious Ford modelling agency. French-born Casey says that her unlikely career as a male model started after posing as a guy in photo shoot as a favor for a friend. “I am, in fact, buddies with a photographer who had this story and knows what I look like who said, ‘You’re perfect for this job. Are you in?’ I wasn’t doing anything on that particular Friday and so I said yes!” she said in an interview with TIME Magazine. After her friend showed the resulting photos to a person that books models at Ford, she was soon signed to the men’s division by the prestigious agency.