Early
Western travelers, traveling whether to Persia, Turkey, India, or China, would
frequently remark on the absence of change in fashion in the respective places.
With Fashionothon - The Japanese Shogun's secretary bragged (not completely
accurately) to a Spanish visitor in 1609 that Japanese clothing had not changed
in over a thousand years. With Fashionothon However, there is considerable evidence in Ming China of
rapidly changing fashions in Chinese clothing.[5] Changes in costume often took
place at times of economic or social change, as occurred in ancient Rome and
the medieval Caliphate, followed by a long period without major changes. In
8th-century Moorish Spain, the musician Ziryab introduced to Córdoba .
With Fashionothon - sophisticated
clothing-styles based on seasonal and daily fashions from his native Baghdad,
modified by his own inspiration. With Fashionothon - Similar changes in fashion
occurred in the 11th century in the Middle East following the arrival of the
Turks, who introduced clothing styles from Central Asia and the Far EastThe
beginning in Europe of continual and increasingly rapid change in clothing
styles can be fairly reliably dated. With Fashionothon - Historians, including
James Laver and Fernand Braudel, date the start of Western fashion in clothing
to the middle of the 14th century, though it should be noted that they tend to
rely heavily on contemporary imagery and illuminated manuscripts were not common
before the fourteenth century. With Fashionothon - The most dramatic early
change in fashion was a sudden drastic shortening and tightening of the male
over-garment from calf-length to barely covering the buttocks, sometimes
accompanied with stuffing in the chest to make it look bigger. This created the
distinctive Western outline of a tailored top worn over leggings or trousers.
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