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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-11 01:17 PM
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Havana artisan makes guayaberas for the famous
Jun 20, 1:47 PM EDT
Havana artisan makes guayaberas for the famous
By PETER ORSI
Associated Press

HAVANA (AP) -- Under fluorescent lights and a whirling ceiling fan that is no match for the Havana summer morning heat, Emiliano Nelson Guerra traced a pattern onto a bolt of pink cotton cloth and carefully scissored the edges.

Intermittently pulling on a fat cigar, he explained the significance of the "guayabera," the roomy, collared, four-pocketed dress shirts that Cubans wear to look spiffy on this tropical island where neckties are practically extinct.

"The guayabera is nothing less than the typical Cuban garment," Guerra said. "It's our image, so you always have to try to make it look its best."

Guerra, a 49-year-old with closely cropped hair and a receding hairline, is Cuba's shirtmaker to the stars. Known as Nelson to his friends, he has spent the last two decades establishing himself as Cuba's leading designer of the guayabera, which the government last year decreed the official formal attire for state functions.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_FASHION_CUBA_SHIRTMAKER_TO_THE_STARS?SECTION=HOME&SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://icpbardmfa.files.wordpress.com.nyud.net:8090/2009/12/jimmy_carter_w_fidel_castro_holding_shirt_big.jpg

Guayabera, guayabera!

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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-11 01:34 PM
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1. Found photos of the Cuban designer:
http://cache.daylife.com.nyud.net:8090/imageserve/0e9gflZash1IN/350x.jpg http://cache.daylife.com.nyud.net:8090/imageserve/09Ki1MG4bI3Od/350x.jpg

AP Photo
6 days ago

In this photo taken Thursday June 9, 2011, Cuba's designer Emiliano Nelson Guerra works on a "guayabera"
in his workshop in Havana, Cuba. The Cuban shirtmaker has hand-crafted "guayaberas" for international
luminaries from American singer Harry Belafonte and British pop star Sting to Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez and Prince Albert of Monaco.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com.nyud.net:8090/gleaner/20071111/arts/images/Layout1_1_PBXNTcubaA200AM.jpg

Cuban female models sport designs by top designer
Emiliano Nelson. From left are Alma Irizar Garcia,
Dwight Peters, Ludmila Pelez Naranjo, Emiliano Nelson,
Yixam Valle Bacallao and Cicelys Zelies Armenteros.
- photo by Stephen Jones

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