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Differences Between Fashion And Fashion

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The history of clothing dates back from the beginning of the human race, which is around 4026 B.C. You may wonder, what’s the difference between fashion and clothing? Clothing is just something to cover the body, but fashion is so much more. Fashion represents an individual and can be a beautiful piece of art. Fashion changes with society and is usually a very popular trend that many people at a time follow. For this reason, the art of fashion diffused in Europe in 400 C.E. Before 400 C.E. Western Europe was under Barbarian control, consequently, Eastern Europe and parts of Asia flourished in fashion. Dress in the Byzantium Empire (what is now Istanbul, Turkey) was a blend of Roman and Eastern Asian styles. The Eastern Asian style contributed many elaborate ornaments and silk. This diffused into Rome through the new fashion trends relating to embroidery and woven designs found in short tunics and elaborate outer garments. These styles of the Byzantine court continued to influence all the courts of Western Europe from about 400 to 900 C.E. up until the European economy began to recover, and Western Europe gained independence from previous Barbarian control. In this span of 500 years, the development of fashion in Europe was somewhat obscure. This was because 400 to 900 C.E. was know as the dark ages, after the fall of the Roman Empire. We’ll skim over the dark ages, since men and women’s fashion remained pretty basic and constant throughout that time. Women’s and men’s

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