From Tariq Zaidi's book Sapeurs, a collection of photography about the Sapeur subculture in the Republic of the Congo.

The sapeurs are dandies who take european fashion and make it their own. I think they are fantastic, in much the same way that the Cowichan sweater is a superior rendition of the cardigan and the banh mi is a superior rendition of baguette sandwich, sapeur style is miles ahead of the much more dour western suits.

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[–] 9 points 1 month ago

Just woke up, still half asleep, didn't have my glasses on yet. Straight up thought those were cows for a moment, and that this man was so fucking tall that it legitimately startled me a bit

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