Plus, you want it to look lovely, because it is Napoleon,” said Crossman, who created more than 4,000 uniforms and helped create an elaborate coronation scene.

The Expansion. Of course, it took a long gestation period to get there, one that began with the infiltration of military aesthetics into civilian clothing in the wake of Napoleon's campaigns.

Military looks have been popping up on runways for several years now, but Fall 2013 really seems to be about Napoleonic military style. With high collars, slim cuts, and double-breasted brass ...

At a pinch, the shrunken Napoleonic jacket sported by one male model could be spun as a Hendrix reference (though the waders with which it was paired radically diffused the effect), but otherwise ...

At a pinch, the shrunken Napoleonic jacket sported by one male model could be spun as a Hendrix reference (though the waders with which it was paired radically diffused the effect), but otherwise ...