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Rose Bertin, an 18th-century French dressmaker often referred to as the worlds first fashion designer, once told her most famous client, Queen Marie Antoinette, There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. Some gowns, however, steadfastly defy the passage of time and refuse to be forgotten

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