Description
| Product ID: | 9783868289732 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Sapeurs |
| Subtitle: | Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Photography and photographs, Photography & photographs |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Fashion as art form and personal statement in today''s Democratic Republic of the Congo. British photographer Tariq Zaidi presents a fashion subculture of Kinshasa & Brazzaville: La Sape, Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes. Its followers are known as ''Sapeurs'' (''Sapeuses'' for women). Most have ordinary day jobs as taxi-drivers, tailors and gardeners, but as soon as they clock off they transform themselves into debonair dandies. Sashaying through the streets they are treated like rock stars - turning heads, bringing ''joie de vivre'' to their communities and defying their circumstances. |
| Imprint Name: | Kehrer Verlag |
| Publisher Name: | Kehrer Verlag |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-10-22 |
