Back سابورية Arabic Sapeur German La Sapeo Esperanto La Sape Spanish ساپه Persian Société des ambianceurs et des personnes élégantes French La Sape ID La Sape Italian サップ Japanese Stowarzyszenie Osób Eleganckich i Wprowadzających Dobry Nastrój Polish
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La Sape, an abbreviation based on the phrase Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (French; literally "Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People") and hinting to the French slang word sape which means "clothes" or sapé, which means "dressed up", is a subculture centered on the cities of Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Congo respectively. An adherent of La Sape is known as a sapeur or, if female, as a sapeuse.[1][2] The movement embodies the elegance in style and manners of colonial predecessor dandies.[3]
- ^ Evancie, Angela (7 May 2013). "The Surprising Sartorial Culture Of Congolese 'Sapeurs'". National Public Radio. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ Kembrey, Melanie (3 May 2019). "Strutting with La Sape: Tariq Zaidi captures the extraordinary". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Lyons, Juliette (12 May 2014). "La Sape : an elegance that brought peace in the midst of Congolese chaos". Le Journal International. Retrieved 24 November 2019.