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According to David Edmonds and John Eidinow, Rousseau had taken to dressing in an Armenian costume, consisting of a jacket, caftan, fur cap with gold tassel, and a silk belt, because the 'loose caftan made it easier for him to cope with his ever more taxing bladder condition.' (Rousseau suffered a congenital deformity of his urinary tract.) The choice of an Armenian outfit, rather than any other suitably exotic loose-fitting costume, may have simply been chance - an Armenian tailor happened to pass through Montmorency at that time.

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