With an unknown origin but with lots of history, the guayabera has long been an essential part of men’s wardrobes in the tropics, popular in Yucatán since the end of the 19th century. This masculine garment is a shirt with pleats and buttons, which has survived the passing of time, becoming one of the most popular shirts worn by gentlemen.
For this reason, and to celebrate Day of the Guayabera on March 21, we would like to tell you about G. Candila Guayaberas. For this company, the guayabera is by excellence the garment that reflects the wealth of Mexican culture, transmitting through its fine details the passion for the unique and handcrafted work.
The Yucatecan guayabera enjoys well-deserved world fame, for Yucatán has been one of its main promoters, perfecting it and redesigning it. You will often see it worn at parties and events, during the hot season, but it has also become an ideal garment for daily wear.
The guayabera is a symbol of elegance and etiquette in Latin American culture.
Within their 13 lines of clothing, G. Candila has created a unique product known as the Cancumisa, a casual and contemporary shirt with guayabera details. If you are looking for a fresh and ideal piece of clothing for your visit to Yucatán, now you know where to go. But the guayabera isn’t just a product for men, you can also find it for women and children, so the whole family can wear this iconic piece.
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The origin is known, even the big designers in Yucatan admit its Cuban. Its been documented too in Sancti Spiritus Cuba. Just like the Bolero and Mambo it went to Mexico from Cuba.
Mexican added its floral designs later.
Gracias!
I don’t believe the original Guayabera is from Cuba my friend. The oldest record of the Guayabera type of shirt is found in the Filipino Barong shirt which predates the Spanish conquest and eventually made it’s way to Cuba via Mexico and the evidence is substantial. Why ? Because in Yucatan the Camisa Filipina and Guayeberas co existed since the 1800s and it was in the Yucatan and most likely the Port of Campeche where the Camisa Filipina took root and spread thorough indigenous and mestizo communities that already made use of Hipils for ladies which were known for their embroidery and because of the strong cultural connection between Cuba and the Yucatan the Camisa Filipina then made it’s way to Cuba via Filpinos who settled in Pinar Del Rio which was formerly called Las Nuevas Filipinas in the 1700s and it is this region which lies about 90 to 100 miles from the Yucatec coast where hundreds of Filipinos bought there shirts and culture which eventually gave rise to the Cuban version of the Camisa Filipina and hence the Cuban Guayabera was born. It is no coincidence that place in Cuba most closest to the Yucatan was where these hundreds of Filipinos settled. To this date about 1 percent of the Mexican DNA is Asian mainly Filipino and it was the Filipinos that introduced the original guayabera type of shirt to Mexico and this is why to this date both the Filipino versions and the Cuban versions and the local Yucatecan versions are all popular in the Yucatan. Yucatan was the cross roads and when it traveled to Cuba it evolved and then a Cuban version was born but it is extremely unlikely that Mexico did not birth it’s own version considering the fact that the Mestizos and indigenous people embraced the Filipino version as their own. Grant it the Cuban version made it’s way back to Yucatan and the Yucatecs recognize the Cuban version to this day.
I would like to sell your guayaberas. How can we talk about this? Would i have to go to Yucatan? Plan on buying them over there.
Hola, the best would be to contact them directly and find out the options! And then plan a trip here, of course 😉
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It’s interesting that the guayabera’s origin is actually unknown. I would’ve thought it originated from some special person but it’s interesting that whether it was or wasn’t is a mystery. This is something to keep in mind as we’re looking at them just so we know about them and why they’re so important.