Think smartwatches are just for geeks? Think again.

While some fashionistas wouldn't be caught dead in the new Apple Watch, the high-tech timepiece has gained the support of one major fashion influencer — Vogue China. According to a new report from industry blog The Business of Fashion, the Apple Watch is set to be featured on the cover of Vogue China's November issue, worn by supermodel Liu Wen.

Apple has been trying hard to position its smartwatch as a fashionable accessory. The tech giant first showed off the watch at an event in California last month in the middle of New York Fashion Week, and managed to convince industry scions like Emmanuelle Alt, editor of French Vogue, and Franca Sozzani, editor of Italian Vogue, to attend the unveiling.

Vogue China's Editor-in-Chief Angelica Cheung said she met with Apple's Design Chief Jonathan Ive and CEO Tim Cook, who explained how they developed the concept of the watch, and she was impressed.

"I saw the watches and thought they looked rather good; some are sporty and others are very classic and elegant," Cheung said, according to the report. "At the same time, they all have so many functions that would be useful in our daily life. I just thought that they combined technology, style and functionality and were very modern and, therefore, perfect accessories for the modern-day woman which is what the Vogue China woman is about."

Elaborating on her motivation for putting it on the cover, Cheung added that: "Chinese people are actually very digitally minded and we embrace new technology and digital products more easily than perhaps people elsewhere. We are an ancient country but at the same time a very young country when it comes to fashion and new products. We love to embrace everything that is new, modern and positive. All these convince us that the intersection of fashion and technology is a natural progression, not something alien."

That's similar to what PCMag's Sascha Segan had to say after last month's Apple Watch reveal. "I'm not an expert on the Chinese market, but I've heard a lot about trends there. And several of the unique aspects of the Apple Watch seem more targeted towards the growing Chinese upper-middle class than towards the mainstream American market," he wrote.

Perhaps Apple will release the Apple Watch to coincide with Chinese New Year, which kicks off Feb. 19, he said.

For more, see Fashion Takes a Pass on the Apple Watch and PCMag's Hands On With the Apple Watch.