\u00c0 Kinshasa, l’embl\u00e9matique costume abacost conna\u00eet un regain de popularit\u00e9, m\u00ealant histoire politique et mode congolaise contemporaine.<\/p>\n
Popularis\u00e9 dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 par l’ancien pr\u00e9sident Mobutu Sese Seko, ce costume sans col \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 comme un symbole d’identit\u00e9 africaine et un rejet des costumes occidentaux. Pr\u00e8s de trente ans apr\u00e8s la chute de Mobutu, il est de nouveau tr\u00e8s pris\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Dans le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre atelier Okasol, le tailleur Serge Okasol explique qu’au Congo, bien s’habiller ne se r\u00e9sume pas \u00e0 l’apparence.<\/p>\n
\u00ab S’habiller au Congo, c’est comme rev\u00eatir une armure \u00bb, dit-il. \u00ab La grande tendance \u00e0 Kinshasa, c’est le costume abacost. \u00bb<\/p>\n
L’atelier familial, aujourd’hui dirig\u00e9 par Serge et son fr\u00e8re Auguy, habille ministres, diplomates et jeunes professionnels en qu\u00eate de cr\u00e9ations sur mesure, confectionn\u00e9es \u00e0 partir de tissus et de broderies africaines.<\/p>\n
Malgr\u00e9 la concurrence croissante des importations \u00e0 bas prix en provenance de Chine et d’Inde, Auguy Okasol affirme que la qualit\u00e9 permet \u00e0 l’artisanat local de conserver son avantage.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Ce qui nous sauve, c’est notre qualit\u00e9 \u00bb, d\u00e9clare-t-il. \u00ab Elle nous permet de maintenir le cap et de rester au sommet. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Pour des clients comme Percy Loso, le costume est aussi une affirmation d’identit\u00e9.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Quand on porte un tissu traditionnel, m\u00eame en Europe, les gens savent imm\u00e9diatement qu’on est Africain, Congolais \u00bb, explique-t-il.<\/p>\n
\u00c0 Kinshasa, o\u00f9 la mode est une source de fiert\u00e9 et d’expression personnelle, l’abacost prouve que style et patrimoine culturel restent \u00e9troitement li\u00e9s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c0 Kinshasa, l’embl\u00e9matique costume abacost conna\u00eet un regain de popularit\u00e9, m\u00ealant histoire politique et mode congolaise contemporaine. Popularis\u00e9 dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 par l’ancien pr\u00e9sident Mobutu Sese Seko, ce costume sans col \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 comme un symbole d’identit\u00e9 africaine et un rejet des costumes occidentaux. Pr\u00e8s de trente ans apr\u00e8s la chute de Mobutu, il […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afrique-centrale","category-suivis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18083,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18081\/revisions\/18083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}