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Costume sets from Marie Antoinette is seen onstage during the 79th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Marie Antoinette – extravagant French queen has long been a symbol of female excess

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