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'Down with the suit': Mobutu-era jacket makes comeback

IOL·2026-06-03 16:35:00·1 view

Auguy Okasol poses for a photo wearing a "abacost", a closed-front jacket, at the Okasol workshop in Kinshasa. Sewing machines whirred across bold fabrics at a Kinshasa atelier where Congolese tailors and their style-savvy customers have revived a suit long associated with life under a dictator.

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