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French costume: 'Napoleon III, Present Fashions', (1882). Illustration showing costume from 1863-1875, from The History Of Fashion In France by Augustin Challamel, Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie, (1882). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

French costume: 'Napoleon III, Present Fashions', (1882). Illustration showing costume from 1863-1875, from The History Of Fashion In France by Augustin Challamel, Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie, (1882). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)