Guayabera
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The guayabera is a men's summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two columns of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt. Typically made of linen, si
Two guayaberas seen from the back, showing the alforza pleats and the Western-style yoke
Closeup of a pocket on a guayabera, showing the button and aligned alforzas
Cuban man wearing a guayabera c. 1956
Men wearing white filipina shirts in the traditional jarana Yucateca dance of Yucatán, Mexico
Manila shawl
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The Manila shawl is an embroidered silk shawl derived from the Philippine alampay or scarf. They were popular in the Philippines, Latin America, and Spain during the colonial era. It was also adopted
Guayabera
…and Tobago, physicians often wear them because of their practicality; one pocket for pens, one for a prescription pad, another for a stethoscope, etc. Mantón de Manila…
A flamenco dancer (bailaora) with a Manila shawl
Filipina mestizas from the early 1800s with pañuelos over baro't saya, by Paul de la Gironiere
La Criolla del mantón by Mexican painter Saturnino Herrán (1915)
Detail of typical floral embroidery and fringes from a Spanish-made Manila shawl