Guayabera

The guayabera is a lightweight, pleated, button-down shirt, typically with four large pockets on the front and an embroidered design. The shirt is often white and made of cotton or linen, though women periodically where guayberas in other colors. The shirts are rumored to have originated in Cuba's Sancti Spiritus by farm workers who turned linen sheets into shirts with large pockets to hold their cigars. Today the shirt is required wear at state functions for both female and male government officials.