{"id":146147,"date":"2020-08-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=146147"},"modified":"2020-08-26T12:54:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T16:54:24","slug":"king-felipe-vi-makes-guayaberas-fashionable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/08\/26\/king-felipe-vi-makes-guayaberas-fashionable\/","title":{"rendered":"King Felipe VI makes guayaberas fashionable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rey-Felipe-VI-guayabera-El-Caribe-e1598460845171.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146182\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGuayaberas,\u201d the linen or cotton shirt favored for weddings and casually-elegant affairs in the Dominican Republic, is getting a boost after King Felipe VI of Spain has been photographed wearing it, instead of a jacket. El Caribe newspaper brings up the subject with a feature published today. The shirt is especially used instead of suit-and-tie when formal events are staged outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many countries claim to be where the shirt originated. Reportedly, guayaberas were first worn in the Dominican Republic and then exported to Cuba and the rest of the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shirt is also popular in Mexico and Colombia. It is a tropical answer to formal attire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Dominican Republic guayaberas or chacabanas can cost up to RD$75,000. A low cost guayabera will sell for RD$5,000 and will be made of cotton or polyester\/cotton blend. Shirts costing around RD$25,000 for formal events are big sellers. Politicians have been said to spend RD$75,000 on a designer shirt. The materials used for the shirt and the buttons will up the price. Of course, the designer of the shirt makes a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/2020\/08\/26\/felipe-vi-pone-de-moda-la-guayabera-en-espana-2\/\">El Caribe<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/smoda.elpais.com\/moda\/rey-felipe-vi-guayabera-camisa\/\">El Pais<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historymiami.org\/wp-content\/themes\/historymiami\/assets\/guayabera.html\">History Miami<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 August 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGuayaberas,\u201d the linen or cotton shirt favored for weddings and casually-elegant affairs in the Dominican Republic, is getting a boost after King Felipe VI of Spain has been photographed wearing it, instead of a jacket. El Caribe newspaper brings up the subject with a feature published today. The shirt is especially used instead of suit-and-tie &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/08\/26\/king-felipe-vi-makes-guayaberas-fashionable\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146183,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146147\/revisions\/146183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}