In the two Congos, there’s a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as “sapeurs”, who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...

Sporting only the most stylish designer labels, wearing only meticulously matched colors, the Congo’s dandies are the very embodiment of sartorial elegance. Known as “Sapeurs,” these dapper dressers ...

Guinness’s “Made of More” campaign goes to the Republic of the Congo and spends time with members of a stylish subculture. The latest installment of Guinness’s “Made of More” campaign–a celebration of ...

Earlier this week, Solange released a colorful video for her new single "Losing You," filmed in South Africa and starring a group of Sapeurs, the infamous society of Congolese fashion dandies. Today ...

At La Main Bleue, an outdoor club hidden in the back alleys of Brazzaville, Hassan Salvador enters like he owns not just the Congo but the world: Gianfranco Ferré umbrella stretched open overhead, ...

In a poor city in a poor country on a poor continent, there is a group of people with a singular purpose: to look good. In a poor city in a poor country on a poor continent, there is a group of people ...

At this point, most people know about drag queens — thanks, RuPaul! — but fewer are aware of drag kings: women who dress as men. There are thriving drag-king scenes in London, New York, Paris, Los ...

Congo’s Sapeurs are having something of a global cultural movement. In addition to a flurry of press coverage and magazine features over the last few years, these distinctive dandies have hit the ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as“sapeurs”, who blend fashion, culture and social ...