Da-yam: when you’ve got it, everybody knows. Photographs of an old man in Henan walking down the street have gone viral in China simply for this man’s fashion style.

A Weibo user from Guanlin, Luoyang posted pictures of the man, and wrote text to accompany them: (translated)

Wait until my hair grows to my waist, it will be better to marry you then.

Now, this is what you call an ‘elegant demeanor’.

Guanlin has a model for international style. 

Give me a ‘like’. 

However, while he’s lauded as an old hipster, he’s still a beggar, according to the original poster:

An old beggar, though his heart remains young. I am stupid, I am elegantly unrestrained.

And so, the compliments come in, perhaps even too easily now that everyone knows his social standing. Here are some comments from netizens from the original post:

日照-来奇：
He’s leading the way of the international trend!

爱乐游：
Feh, he’s so handsome.

壹玖柒柒：
Don’t know which sect he belongs to. [confused.emo]

海豚座星云：
After going through the circuit of all the big stars, international fashion has lost all of its moxy in the blink of an eye.

ponyo-不爱吃柠檬的啵妞：
Wow, so cool! He’s a model for international style! [laughing.emo]

沛县同城会：
He’s got the magic touch [thumbsup.emo]

郑州洛菲拾花摄：
He’s super cool [laughstifle.emo]

雨隹云龙：
His shoes are very current; he reminds me of Brother Sharp.
[Brother Sharp was a meme from a couple of years back; he was also a homeless man just walking on the street when someone took a flattering picture of him]

奢宠会所：
Whatever people are isn’t important; what’s important is the attitude with which we treat them.

胖旋BBER：
Other people laugh at me for being crazy, I laugh at other people for not wearing what they acknowledge (to be fashionable).

Photos: News China