A couple dressed in European style clothing, Safavid Iran(Persia), mid-17th century.

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The cosmopolitan atmosphere of Isfahan at mid­-17th century was clearly reflected in dress. Some men’s robes were cut in the “Georgian” manner, opening in front with buttons and loops. New shoes in the “Georgian” and European fashion were made in the bāzār, and trousers, robes, and stockings were made of English broadcloth. There was even a special guild of tailors and sellers of “London cloth”. Dandies dressed in European styles, and in the privacy ladies wore European tight bodices with décolletage and ruffled sleeves peeping from under long sleeves.