A 5 Million Won Dress and a Bracelet Worth a Whopping 500 Million Won: Jensen Huang’s Mistress’s Ultra-Luxury Designer Looks Make Headlines

[Financial News] As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s admission of infidelity has sent shock waves through business and political circles around the world, the woman named as his affair partner, Alice Huang (Chinese name: Huang Le), is unexpectedly making headlines online in Chinese-speaking regions for her ultra-expensive designer fashion.
According to Chinese-language media outlets including Hong Kong Economic Times, Taiwan’s United Daily News and TVBS on the 11th (local time), posts analyzing the brands and prices of items worn by Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, based on photos of the two together in the past, have been spreading rapidly, particularly on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu.

One scene that has drawn particular attention from netizens is the pair dining last May at the well-known restaurant Samyuk Sikbu in Taipei, Taiwan. Based on its plunging V-neck and skirt that flares out below the waist, Alice Huang’s pink, sleeveless off-the-shoulder dress was thought to be Dior’s Wool Crepe V-Neck Flare Dress ($3,500, or about 5 million won). The pointed-toe high heels she wore with it were said to resemble the Nadira line by Italian brand Manolo Blahnik (11,980 yuan, or about 2.4 million won). The dress and shoes alone for that meal would have cost about 7.4 million won in total.
Online analyses also extended to coats and jewelry in other photos of Alice Huang. The belted white long coat worn in a photo of the two standing side by side outdoors was thought to be by Italian luxury brand Max Mara, with a reported price of around 36,000 yuan (about 7.4 million won). Another coat in a different photo was also identified as a Max Mara item worth 6,385 yuan (about 1.28 million won). The biggest talking point, in particular, was jewelry worth hundreds of millions of won. A diamond bracelet spotted on her wrist in a photo of her wearing a red blouse was compared to Van Cleef & Arpels’ Snowflake collection (about 21.5 carats). Its listed price alone is 2.55 million yuan, or about 500 million won.
Interest in fashion also turned to Jensen Huang’s off-duty outfits. Huang, who typically wears a black leather jacket like a trademark, was seen in a Taiwan restaurant wearing a black short-sleeved T-shirt with a logo on the chest. Netizens identified it as a cotton T-shirt from British brand Burberry’s Monogram collection (TB logo), priced at $320 (about 460,000 won). The black shoes in an outdoor photo were also thought to be by Hermès, worth 9,550 yuan (about 1.96 million won).


Posts analyzing the pair’s outfits have spread beyond mainland China to online communities in Taiwan, and the interest has also translated into consumer activity. On Chinese online shopping platforms such as Xiaohongshu and Taobao, sellers have emerged promoting and selling items under the label ‘Alice Huang style,’ copying the designs and colors of items such as Dior’s pink dress, whose authentic version is difficult to find. However, foreign media reported that the brand and price information circulating online consists only of netizens’ estimates based on comparisons of the appearance and design of items in the photos; neither the actual items worn nor their purchase prices have been officially confirmed.
Meanwhile, the scandal has grown beyond a business tycoon’s private life into a security dispute between the United States and China. The New York Times (NYT) previously reported that U.S. intelligence agencies suspect possible links between Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore data center company Megaspeed International, and Chinese intelligence agencies.
In an email to employees, Jensen Huang acknowledged and apologized for being unfaithful to his wife but did not identify the other person. China’s Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, dismissed allegations of spy involvement as “groundless smears.” Nvidia’s board is currently conducting an independent investigation to determine whether foreign intelligence agencies targeted Jensen Huang and whether company secrets were leaked, and continues to maintain that there is no evidence of a breach of confidential information.
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