Guayabera shirt

Clothes for Men

Inventory number
2025.6.30.7.CM.TO.C1970.MX
Author:
Grupo Tony (Mexican, founded circa 1965)
Description
White blended cotton traditional Mexican wedding "guayabera" shirt. With a pointed collar, four patch pockets with tucks and buttons at front, a rear yoke with three buttons in the corners, has two rows of chest pintucks at each side of the front fastening and three rear rows, and vertical rows of floral machine embroidery in pink, orange, yellow and blue colors in between; side vents closed with three-button fastenings. The blended fabric consists of 80% polyester and 20% cotton.
Materials
Polyester
cotton
Origin
1970s Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Related object
Poncho
Exhibition History
• 2025.07.31–2025.08.29. ‘Moments of our Youth. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Visaginas Festival of Spaces 2025, Visaginas Cultural Center ‘Draugystė‘, Visaginas, Lithuania.