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Daniele Tamagni, Gentlemen of Bacongo, published by Trolley Books, 2009. Courtesy Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam. © Daniele Tamagni
Self-confessed dandies, Le Sapeurs, have taken the genteel art of dressing to its illogical conclusion. This particular group of sapeurs enjoy a style whose roots lie in salons of Paris of the twenties but is accomplished in tones bright enough to make one’s eyes smart. Indeed, the aforementioned, Sapologists, knowingly juxtapose symbols of glut, more in common with a seventies black Chicago pimp, against their impoverished shanty towns with astounding aplomb- spending a lot more money on their clothing than on their homes.

Daniele Tamagni, Gentlemen of Bacongo, published by Trolley Books, 2009. Courtesy Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam. © Daniele Tamagni
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