Ziryab is said to have had a lasting influence on fashion, bringing styles from the Middle East to Al-Andaluz, including sophisticated styles of
clothing based on seasonal and daily timings. In winter, for example, costumes were made essentially from warm cotton or wool items usually in dark
colours and summer garments were made of cool and light costumes involving materials such as cotton, silk and flax in light and bright colours.
Brilliant colours for these clothes were produced in tanneries and dye works which the Muslim world perfected its production, for example, in 12th
century Fes, Morocco, there were more than 86 tanneries and 116 dye works.
According to Al-Maqqari the fashion of the time was for both men and women to part their hair down the middle. The opening of Ziryab’s beauty
parlors created new shorter hairstyles that were considered risky at the time. Ziryab also introduced bleached white clothing, and created a new type
of deodorant Royalty used to wash their hair with rose water, but Ziryab introduced the use of salt to improve the hair’s condition.
In daily timing Ziryab suggested different clothing for mornings, afternoons and evenings. Henri Terrasse, a French historian, commented on the
fashion work of Ziryab; "He introduced winter and summer dresses, setting exactly the dates when each fashion was to be worn. He also added dresses of
half season for intervals between seasons. Through him, the luxurious dress of the Orient was introduced in Iberia. Under his
influence a fashion industry was set up, producing coloured striped fabric and coats of transparent fabric, which is still found in Morocco today.",
though Terrasse goes on to caution "Without a doubt, a lone man could not achieve this transformation. It is rather a development which shook the
Muslim world in general, although historic legend attributes all these changes to Ziryab and his promoter, Abd-Al-Rahman II"
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