Wearing trendy brands and "gold chains" received tens of millions of likes, and the 83-year-old Wuhan father became popular

Nearly 1.8 meters tall, wearing a light green shirt with oil paintings printed on it, a bright "big gold chain" hanging around his neck, limited edition AJ6 basketball shoes on his feet, and a black cross-body Trendy brand bags... If you just look at the back, you might think that this is a trendy man with fashionable clothes. When he turns around, you get closer and take a closer look. It turns out that this trendy man is actually an old man with a smile.

83-year-old Grandpa Kang

The trendy dad has become a Douyin celebrity

“The shirt I am wearing is baroque style. Kangkang helped me pick it out. Kangkang said it was suitable for a gold chain, so I put it on. "On the morning of August 25, in a cafe on Lihuangpi Road in Hankou, 83-year-old Grandpa Kang was wearing trendy clothes, which was very eye-catching.

Grandpa Kang’s surname is not Kang. His grandson Kangkang made a short video of his daily life wearing trendy brand clothes and uploaded it to the Douyin platform. It was welcomed by many netizens and everyone called him affectionately. Grandpa Kang.

Grandpa Kang and his grandson Kangkang

Netizens got to know Grandpa Kang from a short video in September last year. At that time, Grandpa Kang’s eldest grandson Kang Kang had just returned to Wuhan from Nanjing to develop. Kangkang, who is engaged in self-media content creation, decided to make a short video for his grandfather.

"Every time I went back to Wuhan, my grandpa would pick me up. His clothes were always different from those around him. He was more fashionable than other grandpas." Kangkang said that this characteristic of his grandpa gave me inspired him to create.

The plot of the short video is very simple. Kangkang comes back from overseas and asks his grandfather to meet him at Starbucks. The characteristic of his grandfather is that he wears a green top.

When Kangkang saw an old man wearing a green T-shirt sitting at the door of Starbucks with his back to him, he stepped forward and called "Grandpa", but found that he had mistakenly recognized the person. At this time, Grandpa Kang walked over from the side, wearing a fluorescent green T-shirt, a fisherman's hat, and a pair of "coconut shoes" that are popular among young people. The outfit made people feel fashionable and cool.

He loved to follow trends when he was young

His dressing style is unique

Grandpa Kang was born and raised in Wuhan, and he loved to follow trends when he was young.

Grandpa Kang went to college in Wuhan when he was young. He was 1.8 meters tall and was born to be a clothes hanger. He also paid great attention to his own outfit. Wuhan was a dock city, and there were often ships traveling between it and Shanghai at that time. Influenced by foreign culture, the popular clothing styles in Wuhan are divided into Shanghai style and Hong Kong style. "Shanghai style is influenced by British clothing culture and is more gentlemanly. Hong Kong style is more fancy." Grandpa Kang said that he personally prefers Shanghai style. Even the sportswear I wore when I went to school was brought back by ship from Shanghai.

"The texture and style of the clothes are different from those worn by my classmates." Grandpa Kang said that because the family's economic conditions were still good at that time, he could afford to buy clothes from Shanghai.

Grandpa Kang majored in communications. After graduation, he was assigned to work in Xi'an until he returned to Wuhan in the 1970s, and later taught at a university in Wuhan. After retirement, Grandpa Kang accepted a re-employment from a local university in Wuhan and has been teaching communications engineering until 2015, when his family persuaded him to leave the university platform.

Since the 1980s, Grandpa Kang has been neatly dressed every time he went to class. He usually wore a suit to teach, and even wore a shirt and a tie in the summer.

Grandpa Kang would also read some pictorials and fashion magazines every day, and think about the latest fashionable clothes at that time. Because my income is quite good, I also buy some luxury brand clothes.

However, Grandpa Kang is still influenced by Kangkang when he wears trendy clothes that young people are chasing. After Kangkang returned to Wuhan, he often accompanied his grandfather to choose clothes in fashionable brand stores in Hankou, Taipei and other places. The grandfather and grandson became acquaintances with the owners of many fashionable brand stores.

Today, Grandpa Kang has hundreds of trendy T-shirts and more than 40 pairs of trendy shoes in his wardrobe, as well as various sweatshirts, hats, and bags, which he can wear almost every day.

Grandfather and grandson cooperate tacitly

Hope to spread a healthy mentality

Kangkang is born in the 90s. When he was a child, his grandfather took him to Zhongshan Park to play. He saw himself My grandfather is very proud of his fashionable clothes, which are different from those of other children's grandfathers.

"Our family pays more attention to clothing, and I am also very particular about clothes." Kangkang said that after returning to Wuhan to develop, he had more time to spend with his grandfather, and often went shopping with him. , choose various trendy brand clothes.

In addition to pursuing fashion, Grandpa Kang also loves sports. He often goes to the gym to exercise with equipment, and also practices fencing and basketball. His mentality is no different from that of young people.

This year, Kangkang had a girlfriend, and his grandfather also taught him the "Love Guide" and told him to be careful and tolerant when getting along with girls.

On the Douyin platform, Kangkang and Grandpa also often interact with fans.

Once, a female fan sent a private message saying that she felt that her current boyfriend was not as good as her ex-boyfriend and she didn’t know what to do. She asked Grandpa Kang for advice.

After Kangkang shared this private belief with his grandfather, Grandpa Kang took a video to reply to fans: "If your ex-boyfriend can score 80 points, you may choose to break up because he is still 20 points away from the perfect score. . You find your current boyfriend who has these 20 points, and you find that he is 80 points worse. If you compare your current boyfriend with your ex-boyfriend, you will definitely feel that he is not as good as your ex."

Grandpa Kang said, he is. I want to tell this fan that no one is perfect. When getting along with your lover, you must learn to be tolerant, discover more of the other person's strengths, and tolerate the other person's shortcomings.

Kangkang said that he chose trendy clothes and shot short videos for his grandfather, which was the happiest time for the grandfather and grandson to get along. He was sincerely happy to see that his grandfather could maintain his youthful mentality. Grandpa Kang said that he was very satisfied that his short video was loved by so many fans. "I hope to convey a healthy mentality to everyone and let fans have a positive and optimistic attitude towards life." Grandpa Kang said.