tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591743244346895259.post9180053101545468814..comments2024-02-05T00:15:55.638-08:00Comments on New Byzantium: On the fashion for Turquerie....freecloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02733549306046954628noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591743244346895259.post-76735332151155112532011-01-02T11:51:44.811-08:002011-01-02T11:51:44.811-08:00Turqueries were indeed fashionable in Western Euro...<i>Turqueries</i> were indeed fashionable in Western Europe _ I believe the 'great coat' introduced under Louis XIV and which became later the <i>justaucorps</i> was copied on a Persian piece of dress- though most Western Europeans mixed up Turkish, Persian and even Indian costumes as merrily as some Hollywood costume designers!abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.com