La Sape
Become Fashionista is the main key word of La Sape. La Sape is a social movement occurs in Congo who devote their income to purchasing fine clothing and accessories, assuring they innovate the morale of their neighborhoods by being an example of couture and courtesy to others. Congo is well known as poverty country and interminable with civil conflicts. This is not the way cease La Sape “dream” to express their lavish apparel.
The story of La Sape began when French colonization entered to Congo. A lot of Congolese immigrants traveled to French in the seventies and the eighties because they were fascinated with French elegance “Dandies” and emulated the French look, a style which was expanded during the transition to independence. After retuning from French, the Colongese assimilated a movement named “ The Cult of elegance” in Republic of Congo’s city capital – Brazzaville.
In last Century, the one encounters Colongese music named Papa Wemba which well known as the king of …show more content…
Rhumba Rock attract Colongese with his signature individual style. Not only passionate sound that Papa Wemba have been show but he also attracts many people who most of them from Colongese the way he entire style. He combined baggy pants, big jackets and designer suit to the audience.
The Sapeurs are all from different age, personality, profession, and popularity and taste of dressing style, but they are same unique group and cultural identity of the “Sape” being unique. The clothes worn by them seem look familar but the way they wear is not same. The Sape is a movement of contradictions and paradoxes where affectes futuristic and a little bizarre to the urban, especially in Congo, the place where the sapeurs live. They always juxtapose symbols of conspicuous consumption amidst in agonising phenomenon urban poverty.
“Sapology” is a quintessence of science or religion where they have to share theorize, blog and videos. Sapology has been written to Sapeurs who know concepting of good manner, expecting speak fluently French and having a solid moral ethnic. The Sapeurs reveals that The Sape is an education and term of unique point of view. They should protect and develop The Sape to reinforce the structure of the rules as well as to spread them. Being Gentlement Sapeur, they should cognize the prayer and the ten commandments elegance of the Sape.The Prayer describe about how the Sapeurs expresses himself through the harmony of their clothes without being exaggerated and they usually give thank to God. Otherwise the ten commandements are the rules about honour, manner like gentlemen with no violence and contemptuous, hygiene with both clothes and body, and last they should respect each other such as no racist, tribalist, or discriminate.
There are three famous bars in Congo: The Trocadero, Baba Boum in Avenue Matsoua and La Main Blue.
Oftentimes, they spend togetherness with drink inexpensive beer and occasionally they challenge each other to stylistic duels in exclusive bars and nightclubs at weekends. They always talk and share about many things outside of clothing, such as life, family or helping someone get back on track. They believe that being the Sapeurs have values to be appreciated. They find joyful and pride become the Sapeur. The most of them can easily spend thousand of dollar to achieve they’re own extraordinary suit, shirt and accessories for instant needed. A lot of them is just ordinary men who work as carpenters, painters, musician, comedy actors, and labourers in daily life. Yet majority of the Sapeurs do not have any accupation. In the fact, they are struggling from suffering poverty. Approximately, they just earn $ 300 a month. Some of the Sapeurs can share clothes each other or rent from designer
suits.
Respond with paragraphs above, I perceive being the Sapeurs have positive and negative ways. Positive being the Sapeurs, they can express themselves through well dressing. I tremendously agree with Gentlemen of Bocongo book said that Le Sape is an art of creating beautiful harmonies from the combination of colours and styles highlight the elegance of a suit and manner of the sapeurs. I can detect that being the Sapeurs should have high confidence and expectation. Manner is important fundamental in Le Sape. Through manner we can analyze who is true gentleman in Le Sape. Yet not a lot of people have enough confident to wear “bling exaggerated” attire and show themselves to public. Even though they are born in unfeasible and unfortunate environment, they struggle for pursuit happiness.
On the other hand, conspicuous dressing toward public worn by the Sapeurs have a blatant refusal from Colongese people accusing the Sapeurs betray their legacy and embracing European apparels. I have to disagree what Colongese accusing the Sapeurs. This is true that the Sapeurs attire is inspired by European attire. Today, the Sapeurs combine elegance suit with the gallant tribal colour of Africa. They have not taken entirety from French elegance attire. Colour is substantial for them. Ain’t just colour, the mesagge Le Sape is virtous well respected, representing stability and transquillity amisdst the disorder in the country. Mixing tribal colour is the evident of the Sapeurs still concern and participate about their nation. This is superficial and egoistical for society still thing and deal this way.
Majority of Le Sape is men. This is not to end any posibility seen women following the dress of the Sapeurs. Usually women in Congo still bond to tradition. Many people controvert with women who are same way as Le Sape. The folks say it should be better if girl taking care of her children and continuing the tradition, because they fear about the tradition going to extinct. I am disagree with this point. Tradition is transmission of belief from generation to generation, it does not mean women have to protect the tradition herself. There have no limitation to express theirselves. As long they understand with their own duty.
In the real world, many people simulate famous designer works. This is a crime in fashion world. The simulators propagate fake items to wearers. Many wearers consume fake items for the reason get low price. The Sapeurs proscribe with imitation goods. They always have consideration on authentic label. They said it should be better consuming non label brand rather than imitation item. This is the one way of the Sapeurs appreciate what famous designer does by consuming authentic items. I have to agree with the Sapeurs do. Originality is the main noble for people in the world. It has not acceptable way to keep copyright other artwork. There is no tolarance for imitators. We have to exterminate imitators who spread out villiany in this world.
Noticed from Joanne B. Eicher, “ As in the case of modification to the body, supplements to the body can affect the way a dressed person is perceived. Individuals interacting with the dressed person will see, hear, smell, feel, or taste the person in way defined in part by the supplements the person is wearing.” (pg. 21)
The most important of being Le Sape is from apparel and manner. Each Sapeur has different intepretation to express style themselve. As we noticed that the Sapeurs wear body supplement like a flamboyant colorful suits in all hues, with plaids, prints and pinstripes, a perfurme add on scent, accessories such as the tie or bow tie, braces, sometimes a foulard around neck, the hat, the glases, the cigar or pipe, the watch, the bag, the belt, the cigar and the shoes additional of dress. The Sapeurs declare that the way clothes is exuberant flamboyance which the function for illuminating Congolese disenfranchised youth to contrive itinerary for achiving a modern cosmopolitanism.
When I specifically look though what the Sapeurs have been done before. Never seen Sapeurs with long hairvand beard, most of them have to trim hair and beard twice a week. Clean and neat are basic words being the Sapeur. Clothing is the easy method to see, to feel and to touch recognize from mind. Understanding function of clothes is generally for covering our body from weather and keen objects. But from the Sapeur is just not for covering the body, they believe that clothes is the code of honour, conduct and morality of the style which is without any lacking in eccentricity. Historically, cigars have been signs of wealth. Cigar is a suplement object for the Sapeurs to complete their apparel, even if most of them never smoke. Tie or bow is a crucial item to display the colour out from the whole outfit. The Sapeurs usually match it with accessories such as socks or handkerchiefs. The function of tie and bow is distinguished every Sapeurs dress up and people might rate who is the real gentlemen. Other accessories have an exceptional beauty for the Sapeurs to present their individual uniqueness. But the Sapeurs must able to comply them with gallant combination. Shoes are essence, they should have real leather and shinny. Most of Sapeurs like to purchase crocodile shoes from Weston brand and British label’s Church
According to Dress and Identity book, “… appearance (which he defined to include dress as well as gesture and location) and high lighted the fact that dress, because it may be seen in social encounters before conversation can be initiated, has a certain priority over discourse in the establishing of identity. Stryker (1980) also incorporated the concept of identity and appearance into a conceptual perspective based on tenets of symbolic interationism. Society and identity, Toward a Socialogical Psychology (Weigert et al., 1986) is valuable as a resourse because of its extensive review of literature on identity as well as its appraisal of both the meaning of identity and the relation of identity to the concept of self.”
I am agree with quote above. We look through Le Sape society which identic with lavish apparel. Many people estimate that the Sapeurs from rich and educational surrondings. From appearance, we can think and guess about positive of their identity and status. Courtesy and authority easily taken by people who have glamourous looks. This is the function of dressing up. My opinion about glamourous dress up is significant. The meaning of dress up is a value of respect and communicate how we can interact with other people. I have one point that I am disagree with Le Sape society. We understand that the Sapeurs always been exaggerate with attire what they worn. By exaggerate apparel, people might think that the Sapeurs are snobby and incompetent. The Sapeurs should control the balance between lavish apparel and environment.
My conclusion about meaning of dress is a value to identify, classify, and clarify body modification and suplement. We noticed that every dress has important object to identify Le Sape subculture. We have one point to remember that there is a huge distinction among fashion and style. You can purchase fashion not a style.
The story of La Sape began when French colonization entered to Congo. A lot of Congolese immigrants traveled to French in the seventies and the eighties because they were fascinated with French elegance “Dandies” and emulated the French look, a style which was expanded during the transition to independence. After retuning from French, the Colongese assimilated a movement named “ The Cult of elegance” in Republic of Congo’s city capital – Brazzaville.
In last Century, the one encounters Colongese music named Papa Wemba which well known as the king of …show more content…
Rhumba Rock attract Colongese with his signature individual style. Not only passionate sound that Papa Wemba have been show but he also attracts many people who most of them from Colongese the way he entire style. He combined baggy pants, big jackets and designer suit to the audience.
The Sapeurs are all from different age, personality, profession, and popularity and taste of dressing style, but they are same unique group and cultural identity of the “Sape” being unique. The clothes worn by them seem look familar but the way they wear is not same. The Sape is a movement of contradictions and paradoxes where affectes futuristic and a little bizarre to the urban, especially in Congo, the place where the sapeurs live. They always juxtapose symbols of conspicuous consumption amidst in agonising phenomenon urban poverty.
“Sapology” is a quintessence of science or religion where they have to share theorize, blog and videos. Sapology has been written to Sapeurs who know concepting of good manner, expecting speak fluently French and having a solid moral ethnic. The Sapeurs reveals that The Sape is an education and term of unique point of view. They should protect and develop The Sape to reinforce the structure of the rules as well as to spread them. Being Gentlement Sapeur, they should cognize the prayer and the ten commandments elegance of the Sape.The Prayer describe about how the Sapeurs expresses himself through the harmony of their clothes without being exaggerated and they usually give thank to God. Otherwise the ten commandements are the rules about honour, manner like gentlemen with no violence and contemptuous, hygiene with both clothes and body, and last they should respect each other such as no racist, tribalist, or discriminate.
There are three famous bars in Congo: The Trocadero, Baba Boum in Avenue Matsoua and La Main Blue.
Oftentimes, they spend togetherness with drink inexpensive beer and occasionally they challenge each other to stylistic duels in exclusive bars and nightclubs at weekends. They always talk and share about many things outside of clothing, such as life, family or helping someone get back on track. They believe that being the Sapeurs have values to be appreciated. They find joyful and pride become the Sapeur. The most of them can easily spend thousand of dollar to achieve they’re own extraordinary suit, shirt and accessories for instant needed. A lot of them is just ordinary men who work as carpenters, painters, musician, comedy actors, and labourers in daily life. Yet majority of the Sapeurs do not have any accupation. In the fact, they are struggling from suffering poverty. Approximately, they just earn $ 300 a month. Some of the Sapeurs can share clothes each other or rent from designer
suits.
Respond with paragraphs above, I perceive being the Sapeurs have positive and negative ways. Positive being the Sapeurs, they can express themselves through well dressing. I tremendously agree with Gentlemen of Bocongo book said that Le Sape is an art of creating beautiful harmonies from the combination of colours and styles highlight the elegance of a suit and manner of the sapeurs. I can detect that being the Sapeurs should have high confidence and expectation. Manner is important fundamental in Le Sape. Through manner we can analyze who is true gentleman in Le Sape. Yet not a lot of people have enough confident to wear “bling exaggerated” attire and show themselves to public. Even though they are born in unfeasible and unfortunate environment, they struggle for pursuit happiness.
On the other hand, conspicuous dressing toward public worn by the Sapeurs have a blatant refusal from Colongese people accusing the Sapeurs betray their legacy and embracing European apparels. I have to disagree what Colongese accusing the Sapeurs. This is true that the Sapeurs attire is inspired by European attire. Today, the Sapeurs combine elegance suit with the gallant tribal colour of Africa. They have not taken entirety from French elegance attire. Colour is substantial for them. Ain’t just colour, the mesagge Le Sape is virtous well respected, representing stability and transquillity amisdst the disorder in the country. Mixing tribal colour is the evident of the Sapeurs still concern and participate about their nation. This is superficial and egoistical for society still thing and deal this way.
Majority of Le Sape is men. This is not to end any posibility seen women following the dress of the Sapeurs. Usually women in Congo still bond to tradition. Many people controvert with women who are same way as Le Sape. The folks say it should be better if girl taking care of her children and continuing the tradition, because they fear about the tradition going to extinct. I am disagree with this point. Tradition is transmission of belief from generation to generation, it does not mean women have to protect the tradition herself. There have no limitation to express theirselves. As long they understand with their own duty.
In the real world, many people simulate famous designer works. This is a crime in fashion world. The simulators propagate fake items to wearers. Many wearers consume fake items for the reason get low price. The Sapeurs proscribe with imitation goods. They always have consideration on authentic label. They said it should be better consuming non label brand rather than imitation item. This is the one way of the Sapeurs appreciate what famous designer does by consuming authentic items. I have to agree with the Sapeurs do. Originality is the main noble for people in the world. It has not acceptable way to keep copyright other artwork. There is no tolarance for imitators. We have to exterminate imitators who spread out villiany in this world.
Noticed from Joanne B. Eicher, “ As in the case of modification to the body, supplements to the body can affect the way a dressed person is perceived. Individuals interacting with the dressed person will see, hear, smell, feel, or taste the person in way defined in part by the supplements the person is wearing.” (pg. 21)
The most important of being Le Sape is from apparel and manner. Each Sapeur has different intepretation to express style themselve. As we noticed that the Sapeurs wear body supplement like a flamboyant colorful suits in all hues, with plaids, prints and pinstripes, a perfurme add on scent, accessories such as the tie or bow tie, braces, sometimes a foulard around neck, the hat, the glases, the cigar or pipe, the watch, the bag, the belt, the cigar and the shoes additional of dress. The Sapeurs declare that the way clothes is exuberant flamboyance which the function for illuminating Congolese disenfranchised youth to contrive itinerary for achiving a modern cosmopolitanism.
When I specifically look though what the Sapeurs have been done before. Never seen Sapeurs with long hairvand beard, most of them have to trim hair and beard twice a week. Clean and neat are basic words being the Sapeur. Clothing is the easy method to see, to feel and to touch recognize from mind. Understanding function of clothes is generally for covering our body from weather and keen objects. But from the Sapeur is just not for covering the body, they believe that clothes is the code of honour, conduct and morality of the style which is without any lacking in eccentricity. Historically, cigars have been signs of wealth. Cigar is a suplement object for the Sapeurs to complete their apparel, even if most of them never smoke. Tie or bow is a crucial item to display the colour out from the whole outfit. The Sapeurs usually match it with accessories such as socks or handkerchiefs. The function of tie and bow is distinguished every Sapeurs dress up and people might rate who is the real gentlemen. Other accessories have an exceptional beauty for the Sapeurs to present their individual uniqueness. But the Sapeurs must able to comply them with gallant combination. Shoes are essence, they should have real leather and shinny. Most of Sapeurs like to purchase crocodile shoes from Weston brand and British label’s Church
According to Dress and Identity book, “… appearance (which he defined to include dress as well as gesture and location) and high lighted the fact that dress, because it may be seen in social encounters before conversation can be initiated, has a certain priority over discourse in the establishing of identity. Stryker (1980) also incorporated the concept of identity and appearance into a conceptual perspective based on tenets of symbolic interationism. Society and identity, Toward a Socialogical Psychology (Weigert et al., 1986) is valuable as a resourse because of its extensive review of literature on identity as well as its appraisal of both the meaning of identity and the relation of identity to the concept of self.”
I am agree with quote above. We look through Le Sape society which identic with lavish apparel. Many people estimate that the Sapeurs from rich and educational surrondings. From appearance, we can think and guess about positive of their identity and status. Courtesy and authority easily taken by people who have glamourous looks. This is the function of dressing up. My opinion about glamourous dress up is significant. The meaning of dress up is a value of respect and communicate how we can interact with other people. I have one point that I am disagree with Le Sape society. We understand that the Sapeurs always been exaggerate with attire what they worn. By exaggerate apparel, people might think that the Sapeurs are snobby and incompetent. The Sapeurs should control the balance between lavish apparel and environment.
My conclusion about meaning of dress is a value to identify, classify, and clarify body modification and suplement. We noticed that every dress has important object to identify Le Sape subculture. We have one point to remember that there is a huge distinction among fashion and style. You can purchase fashion not a style.