fashion
Early Western travelers, traveling to India , Persia, Turkey, or China, would frequently remark on the absence of change in fashion in those countries. The Japanese shōgun ' s secretary bragged (not completely accurately) to a Spanish visitor in 1609 that Japanese clothing had not changed in over a thousand years. [7] However, there is considerable evidence in Ming China of rapidly changing fashions in Chinese clothing . [8] 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 significant changes. In 8th-century Moorish Spain , the musician Ziryab introduced to Córdoba [9] [ unreliable source ] [10] sophisticated clothing-styles based on seasonal and daily fashions from his native Baghdad, modified by his inspiration. Similar changes in fashion occurred in t...