1. If there is a piece of clothing that characterizes Cuba is the guayabera. Worn by prime ministers, presidents, and Nobel Prize-winning writers from both ends of the Americas, it is the Cuban national garment.
   a) What is a guayabera?
   b) Who were the first people to design it and when did they do so?
   c) What were the original fabrics?
   d) How has the guayabera evolved in terms of fabrics, design, and colors?
   e) What distinguishes the guayabera from most other shirts in terms of how it is worn?
   f) What are guayaberas good for?
   g) What is a good occasion to wear them?
   h) In terms of fashion, this garment is considered a symbol of what? What are some of other things it is considered to be a symbol of?
   i) What well-known American wore it daily while in Cuba? How did he refer to it?
   
   
   
   
2. Behind a great shirt, there is a great man; though not his own shirt!
   a) Who is Ramón Puig?
   b) What are his origins?
   c) What have been his accomplishments?
   d) What is his nickname?
   e) What is La Casa de las Guayaberas?
   f) Where is it located?
   g) According to Puig, what features define the guayabera?
   h) Who are some of the celebrities he has dressed?
   i) What are the “guayabera months” in Miami? Why?
   
   
   
   
3. How did the guayabera get its name? Describe the story behind it.
   
   
   
   
4. After all you have read regarding this venerable piece of clothing, can you provide the English equivalents for these clothing-related terms?
   
   algodón
   bolsillo
   botón
   diseñ dueño
   hecho a la medida
   mago
   moda modista
   rey
   sastre
   sastrería
   
   
   

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