'I like to look smart': female dandies of DRC delight in extravagance

Kinshasa's fashionable sapeurs have been joined by growing cadre of sapeuses who dress to impress Immaculate in her Dolce & Gabbana suit, Iye Bilele expertly hops over a blocked drain on Yves Saint Laurent stilettos. She bends and gingerly strokes a lame monkey tethered to a rickety shelf unit in the humble compound that doubles as her family home and bar. Bilele lives where she was born, in the musical heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa. Hers is one of the five street...