The Granny Alphabet – in pictures

Fashion photographer Tim Walker's new book celebrates the style of older women
  
  


Granny Alphabet: Lucinda
L: Lucinda was alas averse,
To exercise of any sort Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson
Granny 2: cape
C: At Christmas Carol puts on her cape,
And gets sung by the choir Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson
Granny Alphabet: Kitty
K: Kitty Knight is keen on knitting,
Kitty knits an awful lot Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson
Granny Alphabet: Yvonne
Y: Years fly, thinks Yvonne,
Youth flies too. Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson
Granny Alphabet: Chic
C is for chic Photograph: Lawrence Mynott/Thames & Hudson
Granny Alphabet: Annie
A is for Alphabet
(ABC),
And aged ancestors
(Awfully like me). Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson
Granny Alphabet: Yellow jumper
T: Temperance wonders,
"If T is for tea,
Why doesn't honey
Begin with a B?" Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson
Granny Alphabet: red beret
G: Granny or Grandmamma?
Nanny or Nan? Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson
 

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