A Chinese grandfather has won worldwide fame after photographs of him modelling women's clothing were posted to the internet.

Seventy two year old Liu Xianping posed in outfits from his granddaughter's fashion store Yuekou for a joke.

But when Ms Lv posted the snaps online, the two were surprised to find the photos go viral almost overnight.

What began as a lighthearted joke fast became a successful publicity campaign after the images went global - and Ms Lv saw sales soar.

According to China Newsweek, Ms Lv said the stunt was all her grandfather's idea.

'He picked up one piece and tried to give some advice on how to mix and match,' she said. 'We thought it was fun so we started shooting.'

The outfits, designed for teenaged girls, feature bright pink capes, striped tights and over the knee socks, with plenty of lace, ribbon and frippery.

Chenille scarves and pink-framed sunglasses finish off the looks, and Liu carries a wine-coloured handbag in many of the shots.
Posing in a sequence of outfits, his long slim legs and slender physique shows Yuekou's clothing off to its full advantage - and has earned the store infinite more hits than if a regular model had been used.

Indeed, since Liu's photographs, posted on Tmall, one of China's leading retail sites, went viral, sales at Yuekou have increased fivefold.

Liu's legs are reportedly the envy of women all over China - even the world. 'He has such a good figure,' offbeatchina.com reported one fan as saying. 'He has such a good figure, especially those legs!' and another likening the elderly gent to Karl Lagerfeld.

For his part, Liu told China Newsweek that he is glad to model for the store - and happy to be able to help his family.

'Why unacceptable for someone like me to wear women’s clothes? Modelling for the store is helping my granddaughter and I have nothing to lose,' he said.

'We were very happy on the day of the shooting. I’m very old and all that I care about is to be happy.'













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What ingenuity could do in short time!

Great job papa

Smh Old papa youngee

Wow! He actually makes a good model, most of the clothes fit him.


Did you say he is 72?
If na for naija, 72 years old man go don blind dey use walking stick.

Men I still can't velieve what am sEeing.what a way to get happiness

Eya I dey feel hem but I no feel hem reach our home based grandpapa were no get sense I mean Charley boy the area father,him wan try.proudly nigeria.

Yo, wtf is this world turning into?

soooooo.....i should start dancing azonto or raise my grandfather from dead to start his own modelling....smh

OTHERS OF HIS AGE WOULD RATHER STARTS PLANNING ON WRITING HIS WILL. PAPA, U ARE GR8T.

Na wa oh!!! Me sef wan post my own,but make i take weed first so that i no go shame...

watch out!! My fashion pics are coming!!

wow great willpower young papa!

@Kslib: Thats some mad Jumbo man.

thats just wrong on every level !!

Is that Onila?

Na lie. He for sample things like this too.

GTFOH

[size=15pt]UR PAPA..[/size]

Na so craze tey start

Papa live ur life jhor!


Its betta dan regreting on ur death bed.

Ms Lv.
is this a name?
WTF!

The guy get shape o

Jennydove: soooooo.....i should start dancing azonto or raise my grandfather from dead to start his own modelling....smh

nah this is just a sample of what u can do with family wit a little touch of creativity

I dnt knw which is more awkward, a granddad modeling teen female clothes, or the teens who bought the clothes cos its being modeled by 72yrs old man. In which ever way its wrong.

;Bad but feels so right.

freecocoa: Wow! He actually makes a good model, most of the clothes fit him.


Did you say he is 72?
If na for naija, 72 years old man go don blind dey use walking stick.

LOL my dad is 70 n he aint blind as u migth tink.still as strong as ever n even helps with my freelance writing.anyway nice comment

pDudd: The guy get shape o

Granpa catching his gruv... Cool but weird still.

crackhaus: Granpa catching his gruv... Cool but weird still.

Kind of dadaic but the vivid colours made a brilliant statement.