Heart of brightness: the Gentlemen of Bacongo

A group of dandies gussied up in tailored tweeds and bowler hats have transformed their Brazzaville suburb into Congo’s most unlikely style capital

via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/nov/30/daniele-tamagni-gentlemen-of-bacongo?picture=356236609

A small suburb of Brazzaville in Congo has become an unlikely style capital, thanks to its dedicated followers of foppish fashion. Dressed to the nines in bowler hats and tailored suits, a group of cigar-wielding ‘sapeurs’ have been strutting their stuff through the shanty town – and on to the pages of a glossy new book by Italian photographer Daniele Tamagni.