Ode to elegance: Meet the 'Afro-dandies'

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Kigali, Rwanda (CNN) -- The dandy look has long been associated with the style of the quintessential gentleman. It's elegant and sophisticated with sharp lines and immaculately tailored suits. But certain gentlemen in various parts of Africa have now taken the look to the next level.
These dapper dressers can often be seen strutting down the streets of Kinshasa or Brazzaville, as is the case with the Congo's "sapeurs."And now, thanks to up-and-coming "Afro-dandy" designer Matthew Rugamba, the look has also emerged in the Rwandan capital of Kigali -- but with a more local twist.
Classy and elegant, Rugamba's label House of Tayo combines bold African patterns and textures with western accessories to produce wax-print bow ties, colorful pocket squares and infinite scarfs for "Afro-dandies" in Rwanda and beyond.
We sat down with sartorially chic Rugamba to chat all things dandy: how to get the look; African influences; style icons and who he'd most like to see don his designs.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/14/world/...html?hpt=wo_t3

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Kigali, Rwanda (CNN) -- The dandy look has long been associated with the style of the quintessential gentleman. It's elegant and sophisticated with sharp lines and immaculately tailored suits. But certain gentlemen in various parts of Africa have now taken the look to the next level.
These dapper dressers can often be seen strutting down the streets of Kinshasa or Brazzaville, as is the case with the Congo's "sapeurs."And now, thanks to up-and-coming "Afro-dandy" designer Matthew Rugamba, the look has also emerged in the Rwandan capital of Kigali -- but with a more local twist.
Classy and elegant, Rugamba's label House of Tayo combines bold African patterns and textures with western accessories to produce wax-print bow ties, colorful pocket squares and infinite scarfs for "Afro-dandies" in Rwanda and beyond.
We sat down with sartorially chic Rugamba to chat all things dandy: how to get the look; African influences; style icons and who he'd most like to see don his designs.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/14/world/...html?hpt=wo_t3

a decade back there was a number of items on Channel 4 about sapuers... it was also transfered to Belgium and France with competiion... They also followd Papa Wemba music if i recall...


Pesronally i found two decades ago being in the middle of Kinshasa or on the Congo or in West central Africa r and a male creature of elegance dress emerges among the brown stained clothes of poverty like a flower among the devastation as very disconcerting !!!!!