 The sartorial inclinations of the Qajar period were not so very different from those of earlier period until the latter half of the era.As is evidenced by the early portraiture of Fath Ali Shah Qajar and Mohammad Shah Qajar, the traditional styles of dress in Persia were preserved, but as Western influences became more and more prevalent, the royal portraits began to depict the Shah in a more Western, military style garb (such as the portrait of Nassirudin Shah Qajar above).This is not to say, however, that the traditional textile arts of Persia had fallen into disuse.