Web users praise first lady Peng Liyuan's fashion sense
Peng Liyuan's fashion sense on first overseas trip is a hit online, and designer says the way she and president dress matches their identities
The first public appearance of Peng Liyuan on her maiden foreign trip as China's first lady won praise from mainland internet users and a top Hong Kong fashion designer.
Mainland microblogs were filled with postings from people eagerly anticipating what Peng, a famous soprano, would wear and many said they would watch China Central Television's 7pm newscast just because of her.
"We finally have a presentable first lady for the first time since the establishment of the People's Republic of China [in 1949]," several internet users wrote on QQ weibo, a microblog run by internet giant Tencent.
We finally have a presentable first lady for the first time since the establishment of the People's Republic of China
Many pictures were posted online just minutes after she emerged from the presidential plane yesterday afternoon, with many postings praising her for her natural and graceful hairstyle.
"She looks so elegant and graceful, even though her dress is so different from her previous stage costume, but I like it," one microblogger wrote.
But there were also critics. Some microblog postings said her outfit was off-season, compared with those of American first lady Michelle Obama and former French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
"But when you look at the dresses of Wang Yeping and Liu Yongqing , [the wives of former presidents Jiang Zeming and Hu Jintao ], you would find Peng is much more fashionable and presentable," another weibo user responded.