The guayabera is a traditional piece of menswear. The shirt is distinguished by its four front pockets, and two vertical stripes of pleating and/or embroidery. Its widespread usage and distinctive appearance has made it the most iconic piece of clothing associated with the cultural life of Latin American and Caribbean populations worldwide. Despite this far-reaching popularity, the circumstances concerning the guayabera’s origin and stylistic evolution are indeterminate and widely dispersed across a number of sources. (History Miami, The Guayabera: A Shirt’s History)