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Cuban Dress in Havana
Dress Code - Clothing Shops
What do you wear in Havana?
The standard Cuban Dress Code is casual, cotton and linen clothing
is ideal.
Lightweight clothing is recommended in Havana.
In December and January a pull-over or a jacket can be useful for the evenings.
Note that topless sunbathing is not allowed in Cuba, only on the private hotel beaches
are exceptions tolerated for the tourists.
What Do Cubans Wear? - Havana Street Dress.
The Cubans wear Latin American style clothes.
The Cuban women and girls dress is sexy, femine and colorful, Cuban women wear short skirts
or tight jeans and a blouse or a Cuban T-shirt named a "pull-over" in
Cuban Slang.
Cuban men wear jeans or cotton pants and a T-shirt or a
Guayabera, sometimes also written Guayavera, this is a loose men's shirt a popular
Latin clothing in the Caribbean. The original Guayabera is also known as the " Mexican Wedding Shirt".
Man in Traditional Cuban Clothing in Old Havana
Guayabera and black trousers
Nightlife Dress Code in Havana.
In most restaurants shorts or beach wear is not allowed. In some better nightclubs and Disco's
you may be refused entrance when wearing shorts, sandals or sloppy clothing.
Cuban children in school uniform and Traditional Cuban Clothing
and Cuban costumes
Traditional Cuban Dress - Havana Life and Cuban Costumes
Schoolchildren in Cuba wear a uniform and in some Public Services and hotel shops the employees
wear a uniform too.
The traditional Cuban dress has many Spanish infuences and is nowadays only a tourist attraction shown in the touristical areas of Old Havana.
Traditional Cuban Wedding Dress (left) and Traditional Cuban Dress at 15th Birthday party (Quinze fiesta)
Cuban Shirts: Guayabera in clothing shop - Obispo street Havana
Cuban Fashion and Cuban Models
Fashion shows and Cuban elegance are shown at the catwalk in the luxury Hotel Nacional de Cuba near the Havana Malecon. The collections of the famous Italian designer
Rocco Barroco were shown by Cuban and International Fashion models.
Fashion shows in Havana Miramar
Cuban fashion shows are presented at the luxury
La Maison.
At night you can visit the fashion shows given by
Cuban models in the open air restaurant. Admission fee 10 CUC.
Old Woman with cigar
Traditional Cuban Attire
and Cuban traditions Old Havana
Beneton Shop
Plaza de la Catedral
Old Havana
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Life in Havana, the cost of living in Cuba. How do Cubans survive ?
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health care, telephone and newspapers.
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