The Guayabera Shirt SS in Chambray carries one of the more human origin stories in the history of the men's shirt. The guayabera's roots are divided between the Philippines and Cuba, but the Cuban version is the one that stays with you. A countryside seamstress sewing large patch pockets onto her husband's shirts so he could carry guava from the field. A Spanish immigrant arriving in Sancti Spiritus in 1709 asking his wife for a long-sleeved shirt with four large pockets to carry his cigars and belongings while he worked. A name possibly drawn from Yayabero, the word for those who lived along the Yayabo River. Whatever the true origin, the shirt that emerged from that Cuban countryside became one of the most enduring garments in the history of warm-weather dressing, a shirt built around utility that became, over time, the uniform of dignity across the Caribbean.

The four patch pockets are the definition of this shirt, set in two vertical rows running down the front, exactly as the original demanded. They sit flush and proportioned, sewn to carry and built to last in a shirt that was always meant to be worked in. The rounded hem finishes the silhouette cleanly, following the relaxed boxy cut that gives the guayabera its ease through the chest and body. French seams close every seam throughout, leaving a clean interior finish with no raw edges, the kind of construction detail that does not announce itself but makes itself known the longer you own the shirt. Chambray gives the piece its weight and hand, substantial enough to hold its shape through a summer of regular wear.

This run was accidently produced in size small only, and each shirt carries two additional inches in the body length beyond the standard pattern, a variation that affects the drape and the way the shirt sits over the waist. For this reason we have it at a special price.

There will not be another run of this shirt.

If your size is here, this is the moment.

Fabric: Chambray.

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