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72-year-old man models for granddaughter's teen girl fashion store

David Pescovitz at 9:44 am Wed, Nov 21, 2012

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Above is Liu Xianping, 72, who models clothes for Yuekou, a fashion retailer owned by his granddaughter Lv Ting. “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," Lv Ting said in China Newsweek. (Offbeat China and MSN)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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  • welcomeabored

    ‘Now I’m tellin’ everybody
    It seems too good to be true:
    Sweet things can always get sweeter.
    I know mine did, how about you?
    Yes, it’s alright.
    I said, yes it is, that’s alright.
    I may not want to admit it,
    I’m just a fool for your stockings I believe.’

    ‘A Fool For Your Stockings’ – ZZ Top

  • cub

    pleasantly poised pappy.

  • $19428857

    JOHN: Eh, he’s a nice old man, isn’t he?

    PAUL: Oh yeah, he’s very clean, y’know….

  • Sam Ley

    This seems like a much healthier outlet for the “I’m old and I have stopped caring what you think” tendencies than the man I saw saw yelling at the bank teller for asking him how much money was in his disorganized sack of cash he wanted to deposit.

  • Timothy Tankersley

    Such a badass.

  • http://doran.pacifist.net/ Doran

    World’s. Greatest. Grandpa.

  • Kenmrph

    I’m not sure what this tells me about myself, but that just totally made my day.

  • http://twitter.com/MadelineAshby Madeline Ashby

    This man needs to be a Project Runway guest judge. Hell, Bravo should just give him and his granddaughter their own show. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/jrrennie Jake Rennie

    You have to admit, he does have a nice figure.

  • Bottle Imp

    Man, he completely owns that. Backs up my long held belief that the real key to looking like you’re rocking whatever you’re wearing is looking like you believe bone deep that you are rocking what you’re wearing. It’s a trick I don’t manage in jeans and a t-shirt, let alone ensembles.

  • gumbowing

    Work it, Gung Gung! Ru Paul watch out!

  • tubacat

    Wow, great legs for an old dude…