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History of Western fashion
The habit of people continually changing the style of
clothing worn, which is now worldwide, at least among
urban populations, is a distinctively Western one.
Though there are signs from earlier. In 8th century
Cordoba, Spain, Ziryab, a famous musician and stylist
migrant from Baghdad, introduced the first germ of
fashion in Europe. He developed a sophisticated clothing
fashion based on seasonal and daily timings. In winter,
for example, costumes were made essentially from warm
cotton or wool items usually in dark colours and summer
garments were made of cool and light costumes involving
materials such as cotton, silk and flax in light and
bright colours. Brilliant colours for these clothes were
produced in tanneries and dye works which the Muslim
world perfected its production, for example, in 12th
century Fes, Morocco, there were more than 86 tanneries
and 116 dye works.[2]
In daily timing Ziryab suggested different clothing for
mornings, afternoons and evenings. Henry Terrace, a
French historian, commented on the fashion work of
Ziryab; "He introduced winter and summer dresses,
setting exactly the dates when each fashion was to be
worn. He also added dresses of half season for intervals
between seasons. Through him, luxurious dresses of the
Orient were introduced in Spain. Under his influence a
fashion industry was set up, producing coloured striped
fabric and coats of transparent fabric, which is still
found in Morocco today."[3]
English caricature of Tippies of 1796It can be fairly
clearly dated to the middle of the 14th century, to
which historians including James Laver and Fernand
Braudel date the start of Western fashion in
clothing.[4][5] The most dramatic manifestation was a
sudden drastic shortening and tightening of the male
over-garment, from calf-length to barely covering the
buttocks, sometimes accompanied with stuffing on the
chest to look bigger. This created the distinctive
Western male outline of a tailored top worn over
leggings or trousers which is still with us today. |
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