The Gentlemen of the Congo

A friend stumbled on these photos published in the guardian last month, of some very dapper looking men in the slums of Brazzaville in the Congo. The ‘sapeurs’ have been making a name for themselves for yielding bowler hats, cravattes, tailored suits and pipes around a backdrop of poverty, making for some incredible photography. I wouldn’t say it’ll be long before we see Paddy shwinging around the streets of Mullingarrr in his zoot suit and spectacle glass..