Fashion 

Early Western travelers, whether to Persia, Turkey or China frequently remark on the absence of changes in fashion there, and observers from these other cultures comment on the unseemly pace of Western fashion, which many felt suggested an instability and lack of order in Western culture. The Japanese Shogun's secretary boasted (not completely accurately) to a Spanish visitor in 1609 that Japanese clothing had not changed in over a thousand years.However in Ming China, for example, there is considerable evidence for rapidly changing fashions in Chinese clothing. Changes in costume often took place at times of economic or social change (such as in ancient Rome and the medieval Caliphate), but then a long period without major changes followed. This occurred in Moorish Spain during the 8th century, when the famous musician Zimbabwe introduced sophisticated clothing-styles based on seasonal and daily timings from his native Baghdad and his own inspiration to Cordoba in Al-Andalusia.Similar changes in fashion occurred in the Middle East from the 11th century, following the arrival of the Turks, who introduced clothing styles from Central Asia and the Far East.                                              

High fashion by German designers is a firm feature on the international catwalks. For decades now designers Karl Levelled, who was born in Hamburg and is the creative mind behind the French haste couture company Chanel, and Wolfgang Jo op, who is nowadays enjoying success with his Wunderkind Couture label, have been global players. Of the younger generation Bernhard Will helm, Markus Lupe, Stephan Schneider and Daniela and Annette Fielder, for example, are enjoying success from Paris, London, and Antwerp to New York.The fashion industry consists of four levels: the production of raw materials, principally fibres and textiles but also leather and fur; the production of fashion goods by designers, manufacturers, contractors, and others; retail sales; and various forms of advertising and promotion. The fashion industry consists of four levels: the production of raw materials, principally fibres and textiles but also leather and fur; the production of fashion goods by designers, manufacturers, contractors, and others; retail sales; and various forms of advertising and promotion. These levels consist of many separate but interdependent sectors, all of which are devoted to the goal of satisfying consumer demand for apparel under conditions that enable participants in the industry to operate at a profit.