# Guayabera shirts: Where to find?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guayabera-shirts-where-to-find/120531>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 24, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guayabera-shirts-where-to-find/120531 "2002-07-24T08:16:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guayabera-shirts-where-to-find/120531/1 "2002-07-24T08:16:02Z")

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I’m looking for a place to buy guayabera shirts on-line. They’re the short-sleeved, button-down Cuban shirts with columns of pleating going down each side of the front and four pockets on the front, with a straight-across hem (i.e., made to be worn untucked). You can see what they look like [here](http://www.shushans.com/guayabera.html). They’re perfect for hot, humid summers in Cuba (or Memphis). Ideally, they’d be linen or cotton–no polyester, which is very hot–and less than $45, since come on, it’s a short-sleeved shirt, and also I’m cheap.

I’ve done a couple Internet searches, and found a few fair-to-middling sources, but there isn’t a whole lot I can find. There appear to be three or four places that make and sell these, and all the other hits are pages linking back to them.

So in short, does anyone know of a good tailor/vendor on-line who sells shirts like this, or do I have to pony up some bigger bucks than I’d like?

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**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guayabera-shirts-where-to-find/120531/2 "2002-07-24T13:00:56Z")

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jackelope,

what size are you?

my mom brought some for mr babs and they don’t fit.  
I have 5 new shirts (2 have been worn and washed, but still new) in various colors.

they are yours if you’d like.

drop me an e-mail.

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**Author:** ![cybersnark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@cybersnark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cybersnark)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guayabera-shirts-where-to-find/120531/3 "2002-07-24T13:14:30Z")

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Ebay. As of 7/24, a search yielded 89 hits!