There are lots of stories out there worth an award for weirdness. However, we’d say it’s a fact that a lot of them emerge from Asia. You may argue that some of it is just down to a different perception of humour and that’s very well.

In this example it actually turns out, that a little humorous stunt can have lucrative consequences. ‘Grandpa’ Liu Xianpiing poses for the fashion label of his granddaughter. For this purpose he must transform himself, because the label primarily sells women’s clothes.

Being helped into a pair of tights by a Chinese bird, a one off we’d say.

What would you do for money? If squeezing yourself into a tight pair of tights or wearing those sexy knee high socks is not an option, think again. Since the photos of the designers’ grandfather in women’s clothing have surfaced on the labels’ website, the sales fivefold. At least so says the designer.

And this is the stylish result – wicked!

In fact, clients and curious onlookers alike rave about his slender legs and his ‘professional modeling poses’. ‘My grandpa was surprised by the success of the photos’, reported the granddaughter. We’re not too surprised either, considering this sort of thing tends to go down pretty well in Asia.

Several other online stores have even made him offers for photo shoots, which Liu has turned down, as it’s not about the money, so he says. Surreal, but kinda cool we suppose. Gives you something to do when you reach a higher age and the prospect of lounging in strip joints doesn’t go down too well anymore.