Court dress from Empress Josephine
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Martin Kamer is primarily interested in the dress and less in the person who wore it. However, he has made an exception for a famous person. Martin talks about the court dress of Empress Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife. The dress is now at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, where it will be restored over the next few years.
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