His real name has not been released, but the media calls him “Xi Li Ge” (aka – Brother Sharp).  A homeless guy who wanders the streets of Ningbo, China, Xi Li Ge is reported to be a university graduate who served in the military and participated in the assistance of the great flood of Changjiang River in 1998. He first caught the attention of a street photographer who posted his pictures on a forum in late January. Almost instantly, he turned into a fashion sensation and his popularity spread from China to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.

I mean, what kind of homeless guy takes an LV paper bag and sport it like a fashion statement? He is the look that the fashion scene has been looking for in the past decade. His style, from hair to dress, is a mashup of Japanese street style and people have drawn resemblance between him and Asian heartthrobs such as Zhang Zhen, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Oscar-nominated actor Ken Watanabe, just to name a few.

Besides that, he is not much different than other homeless people. But people seem to lend more compassion to good looking people. There is now there is an entire microsite dedicated to the aid of this rising star on Ningbo’s official website.