Everyone loved Queen Rania of Jordan's style during her Alibaba visit in China: here’s why
Mother of four, known for sartorial elegance, impresses in tropical-print duster coat and blazer at Alibaba Foundation’s second Xin Philanthropy Conference
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan is at the forefront of human rights issues – from education and health to children and refugee crisis.
With 10.6 million followers on Twitter and another 4.7 million on Instagram, the queen is one of the world’s most digital-savvy royals.
She is also an elegant trendsetter widely known for her sartorial reign – posing side by side with the likes of America’s First Lady Melania Trump and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands.
Last Wednesday her sophisticated regal style impressed countless social media users across mainland China when she visited Hangzhou to attend Alibaba Foundation’s second biennial XIN Philanthropy Conference.
Her arrival followed a trip to Jordan last May by Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba, the Chinese multinational conglomerate focused on e-commerce, retail, internet and technology, which owns the South China Morning Post.
Ma – one of China’s most recognisable names, who plans to hand over the executive chairman role to Alibaba’s current chief executive officer Daniel Zhang on September 10, 2019, as part of a long-term transition strategy – accompanied the queen, who had opted to dress in an Orient-inspired look, as she toured the e-commerce giant’s headquarters.
Clad in a green For Restless Sleepers tropical-print duster coat by Italian designer Francesca Ruffini, she matched a crispy white Oxford shirt to echo the coat’s white crane motif – a symbol of longevity in Chinese culture.