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‘Oh my God, this is what we needed’: the Zambia style granny who went viral

What started as a fun clothes swap with her granddaughter, has given Margret Chola, in her mid 80s, a whole new lease of life – and inspired a host of fashion fans

Rainbow and gold coloured wedges, an electric blue wig and a black and hot-pink strapless gown are not what you would expect a grandmother in rural Zambia to wear. But Margret Chola, in her mid 80s, has become an internet sensation and accidental fashion icon after she agreed to swap clothes with her New York-based stylist granddaughter, Diana Kaumba. Now, everybody is embracing her Diana Kaumba So far, Chola has posed in silver platform shoes; baggy jeans with a T-shirt emblazoned with her photo; black biker boots; a green American football jersey with a layered frilly red dress styled as a skirt in the colours of the Zambian flag; and more, always paired with an assortment of accessories.

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