Continually change the mode from West generally have unparalleled either in antiquity or in other great civilizations of the world until the last few decades. Early Western travelers, whether Persian, Turkish, Japan or China frequently remark on the absence of changes in fashion there, and observers from other cultures comment on inappropriate speed the Western fashion, which many felt suggested sequence instability and lack of Western culture. Japanese Shogun’s secretary brag (not entirely accurate) to a Spanish visitor in 1609 that Japanese clothing has not changed in more than a thousand years. But at Ming China, for example, there is sufficient evidence for the rapidly changing Chinese fashion.
Costume changes often occur in times of economic or social changes (like in ancient Rome and medieval Caliphate), but then a long period without large changes followed. This happened in the Moorish Spain from the 8th century, when famous musicians Ziryab introduced sophisticated clothing style based on seasonal and daily timing of her native Baghdad and his own inspiration to Cordova, Spain. Similar changes in fashion occurred in the Middle East from the 11th century, after the arrival of Turks who introduced the style of clothing from Central Asia and the Far East.
Beginning from the habit in Europe continuously and increasingly rapid change in styles can be fairly reliably dated to the mid-14th century, which historians including James Laver and Fernand Braudel date the beginning of Western fashion. The most dramatic manifestation was a sudden drastic shortening and tightening of the clothing for men, from the calf to almost cover the buttocks, sometimes accompanied with stuffing on the chest to look bigger. This creates the typical male Western adapted from the top worn over leggings or pants.