Hilton Hotel La Défense

Paris La Défense, xxx during the "dictionnaire de la sape" press conference at Hilton Hotel La Défense on December 14th , 2019, in Courbevoie, France - Photo © Christophe Bricot

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 a sapeus.The movement embodies the elegance in style and manners of colonial predecessor dandies.