What does the guayabera represent?

The guayabera is also refered to as a “Mexican wedding shirt,” signifying its importance to Mexico’s cultural heritage. Mexican men wear the shirt as frequently as men elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Are guayaberas Mexican or Cuban?

Its roots are in 19th century Cuba, but the guayabera — a button-down shirt in cotton or linen with four pockets and embroidery or pleats down the front — has evolved into a fashionable and formal shirt worn from Mexico to Miami to Tampa.

What is a guayabera in the Caribbean?

The guayabera (/ɡwaɪ. əˈbɛrə/) also known as Camisa de Yucatán (Yucatán Shirt) is a men’s summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two vertical rows of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt.

What is a Mexican guayabera?

The guayabera is a traditional men’s shirt, commonly worn in Mexico, Latin American countries and the Caribbean. You can tell how well-made a guayabera is by looking at the pleats. The smaller and more delicate they are, the better the shirt.

What is a Puerto Rican guayabera?

Guayaberas are a traditional men’s shirt that can be worn both casually or in more formal settings. It is also known as a Mexican Wedding Shirt, or a Cubavera; but here in Puerto Rico we know it as the iconic Guayabera. The Guayabera is known for its casually elegant style.

What is the origin of the guayabera?

In brief it can be agreed that the guayabera shirt is popularly thought to originate in Cuba, with the invention of a wife adding four pockets to her husband’s shirt for picking guavas, or guayabas, hence the name guayabera.

How do you iron a guayabera?

Can my guayabera shirt be ironed? One of the best things about our shirts is that they look good even when slightly wrinkled so you usually do not need to iron them. If you insist on doing so, turn it inside out and use a steam iron on a warm setting and just lightly touch the fabric.

What does a guayabera look like?

A guayabera is typically characterized as a short-sleeved Cuban or Mexican shirt that has two-breast pockets and two pockets over the hips. Rows of large or small vertical pleats running up and down the front of the shirt. A straight hem that allows for them to be worn in a presentable fashion while untucked.

Why do guayaberas have 4 pockets?

What seems to be agreed upon is that a few hundred years ago, a farmer’s wife took a needle and thread to her husband’s work shirt and added four large pockets to the front. This enabled her husband to easily pick and carry guayabas (guavas) when he was out in the field.