Mens & Womens Guayabera Shirts

Cigarworld now stocks White, Sky Blue, Navy and Black in both Large and X Large in a Poly/Cotton for Men and 100% Linen, 3/4 length sleeve shirts for Women in White, Beige and Black in S and M, a perfert shirt for both sexes worn casually or as formal attire for Spring/Summer.

The origin of the Guayabera shirt remains a mystery, and a similar prototypical shirt has existed since the 18th century, probably imported from Spain. The origin of the name is said to be either Mexican or Cuban. Guayabera may come from a Cuban legend that tells of a poor countryside seamstress sewing large patch-pockets onto her husbands shirts for carrying guava (guayabas) from the field. Guayabera may also have originated from the word yayabero, the singular nickname for those who lived near the Yayabo River in Cuba.

In 2010, Cuba declared the guayabera shirt to be its official garment.

 The guayabera shirt is distinguished by several details: either two or four patch pockets and two vertical rows of alforzas (fine, tiny pleats, usually 10, sewn closely together) running along the front and back of the shirt. The pockets are separately detailed with identical, properly aligned alforzas. The top of each pocket is usually adorned with a matching shirt button, as are the bottoms of the alforza pleats. Vertical rows of adjusting buttons are often seen, one on each side, at the bottom hem. While most versions of the design have no placket covering the buttons, a few newer designs do. The bottom of some shirts have three-inch slits on either side, and these include adjusting buttons. It has a straight-bottom hem or curved for womens design, thus it is not tucked into the trousers.

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Mens Poly/Cotton Short Sleeved Guayabera Shirts - Navy, White, Sky Blue & Black

Womens 3/4 length sleeved 100% Linen Guayabera Shirts - White, Beige & Black.