Tracking the Rise of the Empire Line From Empress Joséphine to Maison Margiela Inline

  • Josphine de Beauharnais by PierrePaul Prud'hon
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    Joséphine de Beauharnais by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

    Portrait of Jos?phine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napol?on Bonaparte (1763-1814), 1805. Found in the collectsion of the Louvre, Paris. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

  • Jane Hading as Josphine de Beauharnais
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    Jane Hading as Joséphine de Beauharnais

    UNSPECIFIED - DECEMBER 06: Front page of paper "Le theatre" in may 1899 : Mrs Jane Hading as Josephine in play by Emile Bergerat "pPus que reine", after a photo (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)

  • The Empire line drawn by Georges Lepape
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    The Empire Line drawn by Georges Lepape

  • Jack Haley Ann Sothern and Roger Pryor in The Girl Friend 1935
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    Jack Haley, Ann Sothern, and Roger Pryor in The Girl Friend, 1935

    THE GIRL FRIEND, from left: Jack Haley, Ann sothern, Roger Pryor, 1935

  • Sono Osato
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    Photographed by John Rawlings, Vogue, April 15, 1945
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    Sono Osato

  • Merle Oberon as Josphine and Marlon Brando as Napolean in Dsire 1954
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    Merle Oberon as Joséphine and Marlon Brando as Napoleon in Désirée, 1954

    F6E93Y RELEASE DATE: November 17, 1954. MOVIE TITLE: Desiree. STUDIO: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. PLOT: In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerks, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne. PICTURED: MARLON BRANDO as Napoleon Bonaparte and

  • Audrey Hepburn in War and Peace 1956
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    Audrey Hepburn in War and Peace, 1956

    WAR AND PEACE, Audrey Hepburn, 1956

  • Yvette Mimieux in
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    Yvette Mimieux in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, 1962

    THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, Yvette Mimieux, 1962

  • Armand Assante and Jacqueline Bisset in Napoleon and Josephine A Love Story 1987
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    Armand Assante and Jacqueline Bisset in Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story, 1987

    NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE: A LOVE STORY, Jacqueline Bisset, Armand Assante

  • Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility 1995
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    Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility, 1995

    SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, 1995

  • Leonardo DiCaprio with Gisele Bundchen in Christian Dior Haute Couture 2005
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    Leonardo DiCaprio with Gisele Bündchen in Christian Dior Haute Couture, 2005

    Leonardo DiCaprio and Gisele Bundchen during 77th Annual Academy Awards - arrivals at Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by M. Von Holden/FilmMagic)

  • Alexander McQueen Fall 2008
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    Alexander McQueen, Fall 2008

  • Rihanna in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture 2015
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    Rihanna in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture, 2015

    LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: Singer Rihanna attends The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

  • Ajak Deng in Maison Margiela Fall 2016 Couture
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    Ajak Deng in Maison Margiela Artisanal, Fall 2016 Couture