P R OF I LE
China’s First Lady of fashion
Peng Liyuan
by Shanshan Xu
Just one look is all it takes… and for the first time ever China’s first lady steps from the shadows to surprise the fashion world with sophisticated elegance
S
uddenly out of the shadows of People’s
Republican dull conformity has
stepped, as if out of nowhere, a woman of
personality and style, a leading lady who
has had the fashionista brigade drooling
all over the world.
It all started less than 11 months ago in
Moscow on the newly -installed President
Xi’s first trip to Russia. Chinese social
media went haywire when Peng appeared
with Xi in the Russian capital wearing
a sharply fashionable trenchcoat and
matching handbag.
Although China has had glamorous first
ladies befo ɔ