An octogenarian from a small farming village in Zambia has become an unlikely style icon for dressing up in her fashion-forward granddaughter’s outfits.
An octogenarian from a small farming village in Zambia has become an unlikely style icon by dressing up in her fashion-forward granddaughter’s outfits.“I feel different, I feel new and alive in these clothes, in a way that I’ve never felt before,” Chola, who lives in a village of just 10 miles, north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka,. “I feel like I can conquer the world … I didn’t know I could make such an impact at this age.
Her posts also pay homage to her life in Zambia, showing her holding an “ibende,” a wooden stick used to pound millet, or posing with a “mbaula” a charcoal brazier made for cooking.The world's most expensive Michelin-starred restaurant costs $2,130 — and you have to sit on the floor “I thought it would be nice to dress up Mbuya in high fashion and then take photographs of her in her natural habitat,” Kaumba explained to the outlet.“I wasn’t doing anything at the time, so I just said: ‘OK. If that’s what you want to do let’s do it — why not?'” she told the outlet.Photos by @luxuryphotographyzambia“I was so nervous when I posted that first photo. I left my phone for 10 minutes and in those 10 minutes there were 1,000 likes,” Kaumba recalled to the outlet.
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